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27 August 1994, 08:58 UTC

Mercury 14

Titan 401A CentaurCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Drawing of the Titan 401A Centaur for Mercury 14

Carried the first Mercury-class signals-intelligence satellite for the US National Reconnaissance Office into geostationary orbit from Cape Canaveral aboard a Titan IV/Centaur, a classified mission with no official payload details released.

Outcome
Success
Orbit
Direct-GEO
Geostationary orbit
Payload to orbit
4.5 T (est.)
Flight
3rd
of 9 Titan 401A Centaur flights
Date and time
27 August 1994, 08:58 UTC
Builder
LM
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Payload
Government/Top Secret
International designator
1994-054
Launches in 1994
57th of 93

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