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Nimbus 5
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 11 Dec 1972, 07:56 am UTC
Rocket: Delta 0900 (Delta)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
Satellite used to test advanced meteorological sensor systems