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Date: 24 June 1966, 12:12 am UTC
Rocket: Thor SLV-2A Agena D (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Polar Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
The PAGEOS (Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) spacecraft was a 30.48 m inflatable sphere, and had no instrumentation on board.