OPS 3811 (DSP-2 / IMEWS-2), a U.S. Air Force Defense Support Program early-warning satellite for infrared detection of ballistic-missile launches. Titan IIIC from Cape Kennedy LC-40 lofted it to geosynchronous orbit on 5 May 1971.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 903 kg
- Flight
- 16th
- of 36 Titan IIIC flights
- Date and time
- 5 May 1971, 07:43 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1971-039
- Launches in 1971
- 42nd of 133
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