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LES 1

Titan IIIA

United States Air Force

Launch Status
Success

Mission

LES 1

Type: Communications

Experimental communications satellite featuring a single X-band transponder and an 8-horn electronically switched antenna.

Trajectory

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Location

Space Launch Complex 20

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

888 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Space Launch Complex 20, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Rocket

Titan IIIA – Lockheed Martin

  • Family: Titan
  • Length: 42 m
  • Diameter: 3.05 m
  • Launch Mass: 161 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 3100 kg

The Titan IIIA was manufactured by Lockheed Martin with the first launch on 1964-09-01. Titan IIIA has 3 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 4 launches. The Titan IIIA or Titan 3A was an American expendable launch system, launched four times in 1964 and 1965,[1] to test the Transtage upper stage which was intended for use on the larger Titan IIIC. The Transtage was mounted atop two core stages derived from the Titan II. The Titan IIIA was also used as the core of the Titan IIIC.

Agency

United States Air Force – USAF

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: USAF
  • Country: USA
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