LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Wed Jul 03 1996

United States Air Force

Quasar 11

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(12:30 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(12:30 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(12:30 AM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Titan 405A

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: Communications
Satellite Data System (SDS) spacecraft are communication relay satellites for transmiting real-time data from US reconnaissance satellites (e.g. KH-11) in polar areas. They are also used for communications to USAF air craft on polar routes and connect the various ground stations of the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). The spacecraft relay the downlinked KH-11 data to a ground station at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40