Vela 3A and 3B (OPS 6577/6564), a pair of USAF nuclear-test-detection satellites launched with ERS-17 (ORS-3) on an Atlas LV-3A Agena-D from Cape Canaveral LC-13 into high elliptical orbits to monitor nuclear detonations in space and atmosphere.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 463 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 15th
- of 15 Atlas LV-3 Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 20 July 1965, 08:27 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas LV-3 Agena D
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1965-058
- Launches in 1965
- 66th of 124
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