MISSION NAME
Parcae 4A,B,C & MSD 4 4
Status
Failure
DATE
9 DEC 1980
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 3W
Description
The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
Atlas E MSD
Rocket Description
The Atlas E/F (or SB-1A) was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket built using parts of decommissioned SM-65 Atlas missiles. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.