The Mercury (MC) series, although known to the public as ‘Advanced Vortex’, are the latest generation of USAF ELINT/SIGINT satellites. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT), focused at strategic level communications, but had the capability added to intercept also missile telemetry. These satellites were launched under the designation Program 7500 and were part of NRO’s Program A.
Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.
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Mission Profile
Mercury 16 was a Titan 401A Centaur mission operated by United States Air Force that lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 12, 1998. The flight carried its payload on a government/top secret mission to Geostationary Orbit. The launch ended in failure.