Titan DMSP launch

1997-04-16T00:00:00

A US Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) weather satellite was launched by a Titan 2G booster from Vandenberg AFB, California, on 4 April. It was the first launch of a DMSP by a refurbished Titan intercontinental ballistic missile, called the 2G, which has replaced the retired Atlas E. ...

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