Jumpseat 3 (OPS 7724 / Mission 7703), a U.S. NRO SIGINT satellite for intercepting Soviet radar and microwave communications from a highly elliptical Molniya-type orbit. Titan 33B Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-4W lofted the Hughes craft on 21 August 1973.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 3 Titan 33B flights
- Date and time
- 21 August 1973, 16:07 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan 33B
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1973-056
- Launches in 1973
- 62nd of 116
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