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LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Failure
Sat Dec 04 1971
United States Air Force

Canyon 4

Launch Failure
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

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Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas SLV-3A Agena D

Description:

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.

Atlas SLV-3A Agena D rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • Canyon was the first series of NRO's near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO's Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT).
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 13