Rhyolite 2 (Aquacade 2 / OPS 6063), a US Air Force geosynchronous ELINT satellite for intercepting missile telemetry and communications. Atlas SLV-3A Agena-D from Cape Canaveral SLC-13 placed the craft in GEO on 6 March 1973.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 700 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 8th
- of 12 Atlas SLV-3A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 6 March 1973, 09:30 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
- 1973-013
- Launches in 1973
- 13th of 116
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