Titan II SLV launched the DMSP Block 5D-3 F16 military weather satellite from Vandenberg AFB. It was the final flight of the refurbished-ICBM Titan II program, which closed out with a perfect record over 13 consecutive launches.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 13th
- of 13 Titan II SLV flights
- Date and time
- 18 October 2003, 16:17 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan II SLV
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2003-048
- Launches in 2003
- 49th of 63
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