Aquacade 4 (ex-Rhyolite 4), the last NRO/CIA geostationary SIGINT satellite of the Rhyolite/Aquacade series. Atlas-SLV3A Agena-D from Cape Canaveral LC-13 lofted it to GEO (reportedly ~115°E) for Soviet/Chinese missile telemetry and microwave intercept via Pine Gap.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 700 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 12th
- of 12 Atlas SLV-3A Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 7 April 1978, 00:45 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3A Agena D
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1978-038
- Launches in 1978
- 39th of 128
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