United States Air Force

Parcae 9A,B,C & MSD 9

Atlas H

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, May 15, 1987 · 15:45 UTC

Mission

/01

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas H

Variant: H

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 3E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.640° N, 120.590° W

28

Pad Launches

529

Location Launches

851

Agency Launches

45

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