Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS from Vandenberg launched DMSP-5D2 F7 (OPS 1294), a U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellite into sun-synchronous orbit for military cloud and environmental imaging.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 15 SM-65E Atlas flights
- Date and time
- 18 November 1983, 06:32 UTC
- Rocket
- SM-65E Atlas
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1983-113
- Launches in 1983
- 115th of 129
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