1968 · United States Air Force
Canyon 1
successAtlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 1
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).
Overview
- Date / time
- August 6, 1968 at 11:08 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 13
- Mission
- Canyon 1
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit