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About this launch
Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.
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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
Launch window and padVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Site
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Rocket and boosterThor SLV-2 Agena D
- Vehicle
- Thor SLV-2 Agena D
Thor SLV-2 Agena D: specs, record and next flights → US Air Force: all its launches →
MissionGovernment/Top Secret · LEO
Government/Top Secret · LEO
What it put in orbit11 catalogued objects, 7 of them satellites
Passes over you For a few days after launch the 7 satellites fly one behind another, a “train” you can see as a line of moving stars. When will it cross your sky?
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOR AGENA D R/B 1967-053B | Rocket body | 896 × 907 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| OPS 5712 (P/L 160) 1967-053A | Payload | 629 × 634 km · 69.9° | Globe |
| GGSE 4 1967-053C | Payload | 894 × 907 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| GGSE 5 1967-053D | Payload | 902 × 912 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| TIMATION 1 1967-053E | Payload | 876 × 890 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| SURCAL 159 1967-053F | Payload | 888 × 902 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| OPS 5712 (P/L 152) 1967-053G | Payload | 892 × 906 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| OPS 5712 (P/L 153) 1967-053H | Payload | 900 × 910 km · 70.0° | Globe |
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| SURCAL 150B 1967-053J | Payload | re-entered 2025-10-17 | |
| P/L 153 DEB 1967-053K | Debris | 809 × 820 km · 70.0° | Globe |
| P/L 153 DEB 1967-053L | Debris | re-entered 2014-12-22 |
COSPAR ID 1967-053. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).
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