OPS 3062 (P-698BK Group 3-D 1 / Mission 7157), a U.S. Air Force Heavy Ferret ELINT/SIGINT satellite mapping Soviet SAM and ABM radars, with Bird Dog 3 emitter-location aux payload. Thor-SLV2A Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted it on 4 November 1964; Bird Dog’s inflatable antenna collapsed in orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 526 kg
- Flight
- 27th
- of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 4 November 1964, 02:12 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1964-072
- Launches in 1964
- 84th of 100
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