United States Air Force

Canyon 5

Atlas SLV-3A Agena D

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, December 20, 1972 · 22:20 UTC

Mission

/01

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).

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3A Agena D

Variant: SLV-3A Agena D

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 13

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.486° N, 80.547° W

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