Canyon 6
Atlas SLV-3A Agena D
United States Air Force
Launch Status
SuccessMission
Canyon 6
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).
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 13
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
880 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Atlas SLV-3A Agena D – Convair
- Family: Atlas
- Length: 36 m
- Diameter: 3 m
- Launch Mass: 155 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 1000 kg
The Atlas SLV-3A Agena D was manufactured by Convair with the first launch on 1968-03-04. Atlas SLV-3A Agena D has 11 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 12 launches. 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.
Agency
United States Air Force – USAF
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: USAF
- Country: USA
