LaunchesVela 5A & 5B
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Vela 5A & 5B
Titan IIIC · Government/Top Secret
1969Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Like its predecessor, the Vela, the Advanced Vela 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
- Titan IIIC
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2