Project 102 / Samos-F2 2 (FTV-2312 / P-102 7152), a U.S. Air Force Ferret ELINT satellite for intercepting Soviet radar and communications signals. Thor DM-21 Agena-B from Vandenberg successfully placed it in LEO; it operated until decay in October 1963.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 345 kg
- Flight
- 30th
- of 40 Thor DM-21 Agena-B flights
- Date and time
- 18 June 1962, 20:20 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
- 1962-024
- Launches in 1962
- 30th of 81
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