ESSA-6, a U.S. Environmental Science Services Administration TIROS-series meteorological satellite providing day/night cloud-cover imaging for weather forecasting. Thor Delta E1 from Vandenberg SLC-2E lofted it into sun-synchronous orbit on 10 November 1967.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 135 kg
- Flight
- 9th
- of 17 Thor Delta E1 flights
- Date and time
- 10 November 1967, 17:53 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1967-114
- Launches in 1967
- 125th of 139
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