Launched USA-86, the first KH-12 (Improved CRYSTAL) electro-optical reconnaissance satellite, a heavier, more capable successor to the KH-11 series believed to add signals-intelligence and near-real-time imaging capability, from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 13.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Titan 404A flights
- Date and time
- 28 November 1992, 21:34 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan 404A
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1992-083
- Launches in 1992
- 85th of 97
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