OPS 3762 (Quill 1 / FTV 2355 / P-40), the only NRO synthetic-aperture radar reconnaissance satellite, launched on a Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D from Vandenberg; short U.S.-only proof-of-concept mission with limited resolution value.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 30th
- of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 21 December 1964, 19:08 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1964-087
- Launches in 1964
- 100th of 100
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