DMSP-5B F4 (OPS 8364 / DSAP-5B F4), a U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Block 5B weather satellite for military cloud and environmental imaging. Thor-LV2F Burner-2A from Vandenberg SLC-10W placed the craft in sun-synchronous orbit on 17 August 1973.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 192 kg
- Flight
- 4th
- of 8 Thor Burner 2A flights
- Date and time
- 17 August 1973, 04:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Burner 2A
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1973-054
- Launches in 1973
- 60th of 116
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