NOAA-5 (ITOS-H), the final Improved TIROS Operational System polar weather satellite for NOAA. Delta 2310 from Vandenberg SLC-2W placed the craft in sun-synchronous orbit for operational meteorological imaging and atmospheric sounding.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 340 kg
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 3 Delta 2310 flights
- Date and time
- 29 July 1976, 17:07 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2310
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1976-077
- Launches in 1976
- 78th of 131
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