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1970 · United States Air Force

Canyon 3

successAtlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 3

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
September 1, 1970 at 01:00 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 13
Mission
Canyon 3
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Atlas SLV-3A Agena D →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

OPS 7329
GEO