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KH-9 18

Success US Air Force, Titan 34D

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Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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Rocket and boosterTitan 34D
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Titan 34D

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MissionGovernment/Top Secret · LEO

Government/Top Secret · LEO

What it put in orbit3 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
OPS 0721 1983-060A Payload re-entered 1984-03-21
TITAN 34D R/B 1983-060B Rocket body re-entered 1983-06-22
OPS 3899 1983-060C Payload 1284 × 1287 km · 96.7° Globe

COSPAR ID 1983-060. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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