Landsat 4, a NASA/NOAA/USGS Earth-observation satellite, launched on the maiden flight of the Delta 3920 from Vandenberg SLC-2W into sun-synchronous orbit carrying the new Thematic Mapper and Multispectral Scanner for global land imaging.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.9 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Delta 3920 flights
- Date and time
- 16 July 1982, 17:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 3920
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1982-072
- Launches in 1982
- 75th of 129
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