Canyon 2 (OPS 3148), an NRO geostationary SIGINT reconnaissance satellite for intercepting Soviet communications and telemetry. Atlas SLV-3A Agena-D from Cape Canaveral LC-13 on 13 April 1969; second flight of the Canyon series.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 260 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 12 Atlas SLV-3A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 13 April 1969, 02:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3A Agena D
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1969-036
- Launches in 1969
- 43rd of 125
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