United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3A Agena DSpace Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Canyon 3
Launched
September 1, 1970
Image: USAF
Summary
Canyon 3 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3A Agena D from Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 1, 1970. It was United States Air Force's 530th launch, 21st this year and humanity's 1,121st orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Atlas SLV-3A Agena D flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). OPS 7329, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 188 × 200 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3A Agena D · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 5th Atlas SLV-3A Agena D flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 530th launch21st this yearhumanity's 1,121st orbital launch attempt75th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 7329 · NORAD 4510 · 1970-069 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OPS 7329
- Object ID
- 1970-069A
- Epoch
- 1970-09-01 00:35:55 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.32117798 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008999
- Inclination
- 28.5°
- Ascending node
- 178.0912°
- Arg. of perigee
- 242.2698°
- Mean anomaly
- 117.6379°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- OPS 7329 · NORAD 4510 · in orbit
Agena D 2803? · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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).
Pad
Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
14th launch from Space Launch Complex 13, 2nd this year · 250th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
21 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
73 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Canyon 3 launch?
Canyon 3 launched on September 1, 1970. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Canyon 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Canyon 3?
Atlas SLV-3A Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3A Agena D spec sheet
Where did Canyon 3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Canyon 3 reach?
OPS 7329, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 188 × 200 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
How many satellites did Canyon 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).