DMSP Block 5C F-1 (OPS 6983), a U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellite—the first Block 5C—launched on a Thor Burner 2A from Vandenberg into sun-synchronous orbit for military cloud imagery.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 195 kg
- Flight
- 6th
- of 8 Thor Burner 2A flights
- Date and time
- 9 August 1974, 03:22 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Burner 2A
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1974-063
- Launches in 1974
- 68th of 113
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas