Canyon 3 (Mission 7503, OPS 7329 / AFP-827), an NRO near-geostationary SIGINT satellite for NSA communications intelligence. Atlas SLV-3A Agena-D from Cape Canaveral LC-13 on 1 September 1970 placed it over the Indian Ocean.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 260 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 5th
- of 12 Atlas SLV-3A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 1 September 1970, 01:00 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
- 1970-069
- Launches in 1970
- 75th of 124
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