First launch of the refurbished Titan 23G, a decommissioned Titan II ICBM converted for orbital use, lifting off from Vandenberg with a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, widely believed to be a signals-intelligence satellite.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 13 Titan II SLV flights
- Date and time
- 5 September 1988, 09:25 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan II SLV
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1988-078
- Launches in 1988
- 82nd of 121
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