A Delta II 7920-10 launched the classified Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) satellite from Vandenberg for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, built to track missiles, debris, and Earth/celestial backgrounds.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.8 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 9 Delta II 7920-10 flights
- Date and time
- 24 April 1996, 12:27 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7920-10
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1996-024
- Launches in 1996
- 25th of 77
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