Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:45:01
Friday April 7, 1978
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Aquacade, previously designated Rhyolite, was a class of SIGINT spy satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. The National Security Agency (NSA) was also reportedly involved.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
700 kilograms
108th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1978
39th
Orbital launch attempt