LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Mon May 23 1977

United States Air Force

Canyon 7

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(6:13 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(6:13 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(6:13 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

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.

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