OPS 8329 (Strawman 3 / Mission 7166), an NRO heavy-ferret ELINT satellite with Thresher and Reaper payloads for SAM and ABM radar mapping. Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-1W on 26 August 1970; operated nearly 18 months.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 975 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 28th
- of 30 Thorad SLV-2G Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 26 August 1970, 10:01 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
- 1970-066
- Launches in 1970
- 72nd of 124
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