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Triad 1
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 2 Sept 1972, 05:50 pm UTC
Rocket: Scout B-1 (Scout)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Navigation
Orbit: Polar Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
Satellite designed to accurately measure atmospheric drag in order to improve the accuracy of the USN Transit Navigation System