LES 3 & 4, OV2-3, OSCAR-4

Launch Partial Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

14:00:01

Tuesday December 21, 1965

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Mission Details

Launch Notes

Third burn of the Transtage failed, and payloads failed to achieve GTO. OV2-3 failed to separate from the Transtage.

OSCAR-4

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OSCAR IV (a.k.a. OSCAR 4) is the fourth amateur radio satellite launched by Project OSCAR and the first targeted for Geostationary orbit.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

18 Payloads

1 kilograms

OV2-3

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Orbiting Vehicle or OV, originally designated SATAR, was a series of American satellites operated by the US Air Force.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

193 kilograms

LES 3 & 4

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The Lincoln Experimental Satellite series was designed and built by Lincoln Laboratory at MIT between 1965 and 1976, under USAF sponsorship, for testing devices and techniques for satellite communication.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

2 Payloads

68 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Titan IIIC

Active 1965 to 1970

United States Air Force logo

Manufacturer

US Air Force

Rocket

Height: 42m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 13,100 kg

GTO: 3,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

13,642 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Titan III


7th

Mission

5th

Mission of 1965

1965


119th

Orbital launch attempt