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1979 · United States Air Force

KH-9 15

successTitan IIID | KH-9 15

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

Overview

Date / time: March 16, 1979 at 06:30 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 4E
Mission: KH-9 15
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 2