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SESP 1

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 8 June 1971, 02:00 pm UTC

Rocket: Thor Burner 2 (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Test Flight

Orbit: Polar Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Description

Satellite designed to test an infrared celestial mapping sensor system.