OPS 0340 (DMSP Block 4A F6), a U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellite. Thor-Burner 1 from Vandenberg LC-75-2-6 launched it on 31 March 1966 into sun-synchronous LEO for military cloud-cover imagery.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 72 kg
- Flight
- 4th
- of 4 Thor Burner 1 flights
- Date and time
- 31 March 1966, 05:41 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Burner 1
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1966-026
- Launches in 1966
- 30th of 131
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