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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 3
Atlas SLV-3A Agena D
Sep 1, 1970, 1:00 AM UTC
Sep 1, 1970, 1:00 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
Canyon was the first series of NRO's near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO's Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT).
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 13
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 27.3°C
- Wind
- 7 km/h @ 99°
- Sky
- Clear
- Source
- open-meteo-archive