Dual USAF/Army mission on Thor Burner 2 from Vandenberg: Aurora 1 (P67-1) for auroral research and SECOR 9 (EGRS 9) for geodetic ranging, both placed into polar low Earth orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 97 kg
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 12 Thor Burner 2 flights
- Date and time
- 29 June 1967, 21:01 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Burner 2
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1967-065
- Launches in 1967
- 72nd of 139
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