Atlas SLV-3A Agena D

In-active

Convair ()

March 4, 1968

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    36.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    155.0 T
  • Thrust
    1340.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Atlas SLV-3A Agena D
  • Family
  • Variant
    SLV-3A Agena D
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Atlas SLV-3A Agena D
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
    700.0 kg
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Convair

Commercial
None
1943

Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953 it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.

Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Aquacade 4

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 7, 1978, 12:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary signals intelligence satellite (TELINT).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Aquacade 3

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 11, 1977, 10:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary signals intelligence satellite (TELINT).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 7

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 23, 1977, 6:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 6

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 18, 1975, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Aquacade 2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 6, 1973, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary signals intelligence satellite (TELINT).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 5

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 20, 1972, 10:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 4

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 4, 1971, 10:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 3

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 1, 1970, 1 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Aquacade 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 19, 1970, 11:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary signals intelligence satellite (TELINT).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 13, 1969, 2:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 6, 1968, 11:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | OGO 5

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 4, 1968, 1:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OGO (Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) series was a series of large, complex research satellites.

Elliptical Orbit
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