LaunchesVela 1A & 1B
USAFSUCCESS
Vela 1A & 1B
Atlas Agena D · Government/Top Secret
1963Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral
Mission
The Vela (meaning "watchman" in Spanish) series of spacecraft were designed to monitor worldwide compliance with the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas Agena D
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 13
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2