flown missionSuccess
Atlas Agena D | Vela 3A & 3B
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 13 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Vela 3A & 3B
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
The Vela (meaning "watchman" in Spanish) series of spacecraft were designed to monitor worldwide compliance with the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas LV-3 Agena D
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- Agena D
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 13
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4859, -80.5466