OPS 4788 (Jumpseat 1 / Mission 7701), the first NRO Jumpseat SIGINT satellite monitoring Soviet radars from a highly elliptical Molniya orbit. Maiden flight of Titan III(33)B Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-4W on 21 March 1971.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Titan 33B flights
- Date and time
- 21 March 1971, 03:45 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan 33B
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1971-021
- Launches in 1971
- 24th of 133
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