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Landsat 4

Success US Air Force, Delta 3920

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Earth resources monitoring satellite

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to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Rocket and boosterDelta 3920
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Delta 3920

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MissionEarth Science · LEO

Earth Science · LEO

What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects
ObjectTypeOrbit
LANDSAT 4 1982-072A Payload re-entered 2025-10-08
THOR DELTA 1 R/B 1982-072B Rocket body re-entered 1984-07-12

COSPAR ID 1982-072 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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