ESSA 5 (TOS-C), a U.S. Environmental Science Services Administration TIROS Operational System weather satellite launched on a Thor Delta E from Vandenberg SLC-2E into sun-synchronous orbit for operational cloud imaging.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 147 kg
- Flight
- 6th
- of 6 Thor Delta E flights
- Date and time
- 20 April 1967, 11:21 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1967-036
- Launches in 1967
- 39th of 139
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