Poppy 8 (NRL-PL 161–164) Navy ELINT cluster plus Timation-2 navigation tech-demo and other NRL/USAF secondaries. Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-3W lofted them on 30 September 1969 into LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 611 kg
- Flight
- 25th
- of 30 Thorad SLV-2G Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 30 September 1969, 13:40 UTC
- Rocket
- Thorad SLV-2G Agena D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1969-082
- Launches in 1969
- 95th of 125
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