1964 · United States Air Force
Quill 1
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This Quill mission was the first radar reconnaissance sat developed by the NRO in the P-40 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) proof-of-concept program.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 21, 1964 at 07:08 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2E
- Mission
- Quill 1
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit