FTV-2301 (Ferret 1 / Project 102 Group 0-D), the first U.S. Air Force Agena-based heavy SIGINT ferret satellite. Thor DM-21 Agena-B from Vandenberg reached LEO, but the Agena failed to restart to circularize the orbit, leaving an eccentric path.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 289 kg
- Flight
- 23rd
- of 40 Thor DM-21 Agena-B flights
- Date and time
- 21 February 1962, 18:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Agena-B
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1962-004
- Launches in 1962
- 6th of 81
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