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About this launch
The IDCSP (Initial Defense Communications satellite Program) provided the Pentagon with its first near-geosynchronous communications system and replaced the cancelled ADVENT project.
More about this launch
Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
Launch window and padCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Rocket and boosterTitan IIIC
- Vehicle
- Titan IIIC
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MissionCommunications · GSO
Communications · GSO
What it put in orbit7 catalogued objects, 6 of them satellites
Passes over you For a few days after launch the 6 satellites fly one behind another, a “train” you can see as a line of moving stars. When will it cross your sky?
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPS 9331 (IDSCS 16) 1967-066A | Payload | 33028 × 33518 km · 3.1° | Globe |
| OPS 9332 (IDSCS 17) 1967-066B | Payload | 33048 × 33526 km · 3.1° | Globe |
| OPS 9333 (IDSCS 18) 1967-066C | Payload | 33087 × 33541 km · 3.1° | Globe |
| OPS 9334 (IDSCS 19) 1967-066D | Payload | 33138 × 33568 km · 3.0° | Globe |
| LES-5 1967-066E | Payload | 33190 × 33613 km · 2.9° | Globe |
| DODGE 1 1967-066F | Payload | 33251 × 33676 km · 2.8° | Globe |
| TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B 1967-066G | Rocket body | 33193 × 33861 km · 2.6° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 1967-066. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).
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