PAGEOS 1 (Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite), a NASA 30 m inflatable aluminized balloon used as a passive optical tracking target for worldwide geodetic surveying. Thor SLV-2A Agena-D from Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 lofted it on 24 June 1966 into polar LEO; fragments remained until the mid-1970s–2010s.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 85 kg
- Flight
- 53rd
- of 61 Thor SLV-2A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 24 June 1966, 00:12 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1966-056
- Launches in 1966
- 63rd of 131
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