Status
Success
Transtage 5
Launch Time
Fri Jun 18, 1965 14:00 UTC
Fri Jun 18, 1965 14:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Transtage 5
Transtage was developed in anticipation of a requirement to launch military payloads to geostationary orbit; a contract for development of the stage was issued on 20 August 1962. Transtage used a pressure-fed two-chamber configuration, using Aerozine 50 fuel and nitrogen tetroxide as oxidizer; the thrust chambers were gimbaled for steering and each produced 8,000 lbf (36 kN) of thrust. The design specification required up to three restarts during the first six hours of a mission.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 9,694.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1965
53rd orbital launch attempt
Titan III
5th mission
3rd mission of 1965
4th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission