MISSION NAME
Parcae 5A,B,C & MSD 5 5
Status
Success
DATE
9 FEB 1983
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 3E
Description
The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
Atlas H
Rocket Description
The Atlas H was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was used to launch five clusters of NOSS satellites for the US National Reconnaissance Office. Two flights also carried LiPS satellites, as secondary payloads for the United States Naval Research Laboratory.