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1982 · United States Air Force

DMSP-5D2 F6

successAtlas E | DMSP-5D2 F6

Military meteorological satellite

Overview

Date / time: December 21, 1982 at 02:38 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 3W
Mission: DMSP-5D2 F6
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Payloads deployed · 1

OPS 9845 (DMSP 5D-2 F6)