Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS from Vandenberg SLC-3W launched DMSP 5D-2 F6 (OPS 9845), a US Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellite into sun-synchronous LEO for military meteorological imaging.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.5 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 15 SM-65E Atlas flights
- Date and time
- 21 December 1982, 02:38 UTC
- Rocket
- SM-65E Atlas
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1982-118
- Launches in 1982
- 125th of 129
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