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NATO IIA
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 20 Mar 1970, 11:52 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor Delta M (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
First generation satellite providing communications bezween officials of NATO nations.