LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Wed Apr 24 1996

United States Air Force

Mercury 15

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(11:37 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(11:37 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(11:37 PM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Titan 401A Centaur

Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.

Type: Government/Top Secret
The Mercury (MC) series, although known to the public as 'Advanced Vortex', are the latest generation of USAF ELINT/SIGINT satellites. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT), focused at strategic level communications, but had the capability added to intercept also missile telemetry. These satellites were launched under the designation Program 7500 and were part of NRO's Program A.

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41