Titan IIID from Vandenberg SLC-4E launched KH-9 Hexagon Mission 1214 (OPS 0460), a U.S. film-return strategic reconnaissance satellite, with secondary payloads including the Raquel 1A ELINT subsatellite.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 11.8 T (est.)
- Flight
- 15th
- of 22 Titan IIID flights
- Date and time
- 16 March 1978, 18:40 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IIID
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1978-029
- Launches in 1978
- 29th of 128
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