Advanced Vela nuclear-detection pair Vela 9/10 (Vela 5A/5B, OPS 6909/6911) plus OV5-5/6/9 tech demos. Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral SLC-41 lofted them on 23 May 1969 into high Earth orbit to watch for nuclear detonations.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 740 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 13th
- of 36 Titan IIIC flights
- Date and time
- 23 May 1969, 07:57 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1969-046
- Launches in 1969
- 53rd of 125
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