OPS 7225 (Jumpseat 6), an NRO signals-intelligence satellite in a highly elliptical Molniya-type orbit. Titan III(34)B Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-4W lofted the craft to collect foreign communications and radar emissions (some catalogues list it as Quasar/SDS).
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 7th
- of 11 Titan 34B flights
- Date and time
- 24 April 1981, 21:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan 34B
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1981-038
- Launches in 1981
- 40th of 126
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