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Poppy 9A,B,C,D
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 14 Dec 1971, 12:13 pm UTC
Rocket: Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.