DMSP-5B F5 (OPS 8579), a U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellite for global military cloud and storm imaging. Thor Burner 2A from Vandenberg SLC-10W lofted the RCA craft into sun-synchronous orbit on 16 March 1974.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 192 kg
- Flight
- 5th
- of 8 Thor Burner 2A flights
- Date and time
- 16 March 1974, 08:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Burner 2A
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1974-015
- Launches in 1974
- 16th of 113
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas