Nimbus 3

 1969-037A

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Nimbus B2 was renamed Nimbus III on successfully reaching orbit. Launched by Thorad Agena D at 0754 on 1969 Apr 14, its orbit was 1075 x 1135 km x 99.9 deg. It operated until Feb 1972.

Nimbus 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Apr 14	0754:03	Launch by Thorad Agena D	V
		T+39s SRM 1-3 burnout
		T+1:42 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+3:42 MECO depletion
		T+3:51 VECO
		T+3:58 Thorad sep	-5518 x 155 x 97.31
		T+4:16 Agena 6222 burn, 3:50
		T+4:26 Fairing sep
	0802:11	T+8:08 Agena 6222 MECO-1	152 x 1112 x 99.92
	0848:24	T+54:21 Agena 6222 MES-2 5.1s
	0848:30	T+54:27 Agena 6222 MECO-2	1086 x 1142 x 99.92
	0852:40	T+58:37 Agena sep
	0855:53	T+1:01:50 Agena retro 1 (solid motor)	1091 x 1140 x 99.90
	0940:27	T+1:46:24 EGRS-14 sep from Agena	1084 x 1140 x 99.91
	0945?	Agena retro 2
1972 Feb		end of ops