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1972 · United States Air Force

KH-9 4

successTitan IIID | KH-9 4

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

Overview

Date / time: October 10, 1972 at 06:03 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 4E
Mission: KH-9 4
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 2