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HEAO 1
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 12 Aug 1977, 06:29 am UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3D Centaur (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Observatory satellite dedicated to X-ray and gamma-ray studies