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1973 · United States Air Force

Jumpseat 3

successTitan 33B | Jumpseat 3

Signal intelligence satellite operating from highly elliptic Molniya-type orbits.

Overview

Date / time
August 21, 1973 at 04:07 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4W
Mission
Jumpseat 3
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Elliptical Orbit
Launch vehicle
Titan 33B →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

OPS 7724
HEO