Carried USA-118 (Mercury 2), a signals-intelligence satellite for the US National Reconnaissance Office and Air Force, into a direct geostationary orbit to eavesdrop on foreign communications.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 7th
- of 9 Titan 401A Centaur flights
- Date and time
- 24 April 1996, 23:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan 401A Centaur
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1996-026
- Launches in 1996
- 27th of 77
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