USAF Atlas SLV-3A Agena D Canyon 5

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3A Agena D Canyon 5
Start: 1972-12-20T22:20:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 13

Atlas SLV-3A Agena D

Status

Success

Date

20 DEC 1972

22:20

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 13

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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).

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3A Agena D

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Atlas-Agena 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 launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.

Height

36 m

Diameter

3 m

Launch Mass

155 T

Thrust

1,340 kN