Quasar 3 (SDS-3 / OPS 7310), a U.S. Satellite Data System military communications relay in a Molniya-type orbit for polar coverage and KH-11 data links. Titan 34B/Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-4W; some catalogs still list this flight as Jumpseat SIGINT.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 5th
- of 11 Titan 34B flights
- Date and time
- 5 August 1978, 05:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan 34B
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1978-075
- Launches in 1978
- 77th of 128
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