RocketThor Agena D
SpaceportVandenbergpad 75-1-1
OutcomeFailure · 0.4stage 2 restart failure
Launch agencyUSAF SSDUnited States
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- June 15, 1963, 14:29
- Launch designation
- 1963-021
- Mission
- SURCAL
- Flight name
- POPPY 2/NRL Comp 3
- Vehicle flight ID
- 378/2353
- Flight code
- TAG071/BUSY FLY
- Year
- Launches in 1963
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 921 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 1.1 t
- Payloads
- 6
- GCAT launch code
- OF40 · S2R
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILD BILL 4 | 1963-021ANORAD 593 | Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Special Projects (NRO Program A) | Signals intelligence | 5 kg | Reentered attached to another object · Aug 7, 1963 |
| SURCAL 3 | 1963-021FNORAD 597 | Naval Research Lab | Calibration | 4 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Jul 5, 1963 |
| NRL PL112 | 1963-021ENORAD 598 | National Reconnaissance Office | Signals intelligence | 29 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Jul 27, 1963 |
| SR VI | 1963-021CNORAD 599 | National Reconnaissance Office | Signals intelligence | 38 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Aug 1, 1963 |
| NRL PL130 | 1963-021DNORAD 600 | National Reconnaissance Office | Signals intelligence | 38 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Jul 30, 1963 |
| Lofti IIB | 1963-021BNORAD 601 | Naval Research Lab | Technology | 27 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Jul 18, 1963 |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.