DMSP Block 5C F-2 (OPS 6226), a U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellite for global cloud-cover and environmental sensing. Thor Burner 2A from Vandenberg SLC-10W placed the craft in sun-synchronous LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 195 kg
- Flight
- 7th
- of 8 Thor Burner 2A flights
- Date and time
- 24 May 1975, 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
- 1975-043
- Launches in 1975
- 46th of 132
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