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11 January 1964, 20:07 UTC

Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C

Thor SLV-2A Agena DVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Drawing of the Thor SLV-2A Agena D for Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C

NRO Program C Poppy 3 ELINT multipayload—Poppy 3A (Solrad 7A), 3B, 3C (GGSE 1), SECOR 1, and Hayloft (AFTRACK 37). Thrust-Augmented Thor Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted the stack into LEO on 11 January 1964.

Outcome
Success
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth orbit
Payload to orbit
225 kg
Flight
11th
of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
Date and time
11 January 1964, 20:07 UTC
Builder
McDonnell Douglas
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Payload
Government/Top Secret
International designator
1964-001
Launches in 1964
1st of 100

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