KH-9 Hexagon 4 (Mission 1204 / OPS 8314), a U.S. film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with co-manifested P-801 ELINT sub-satellite. Titan IIID from Vandenberg SLC-4E placed the Big Bird in LEO for wide-area optical imaging; mission lasted about 90 days.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.9 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 22 Titan IIID flights
- Date and time
- 10 October 1972, 18:03 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IIID
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1972-079
- Launches in 1972
- 84th of 113
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