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1971 · United States Air Force

ASTEX

successThorad SLV-2G Agena D | ASTEX

USAF satellite designed to test advanced development payloads

Overview

Date / time: October 17, 1971 at 01:36 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 1W
Mission: ASTEX
Mission type: Test Flight
Orbit achieved: Polar Orbit

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Payloads deployed · 1