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HEAO 3
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 20 Sept 1979, 05:28 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
Astronomy satellite dedicated to gamma and cosmic rays