Thor DSV-2U from Vandenberg SLC-10W launched DMSP-5D1 F2 (OPS 5644), a U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Block 5D-1 weather satellite carrying the OLS imager into sun-synchronous LEO for military weather forecasting.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.2 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 5 Thor DSV-2U flights
- Date and time
- 5 June 1977, 02:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor DSV-2U
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1977-044
- Launches in 1977
- 45th of 130
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