NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Partial Failure

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

Launch Time
Tue Dec 21, 1965 14:00 UTC

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

Rocket

Titan IIIC
Martin Marietta
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 13,642 kN
Payload to LEO: 13,100 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 42.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m

Mission Details

LES 3 & 4

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.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 68.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

OSCAR-4

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

Payloads: 18
Total Mass: 1.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

OV2-3

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

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 193.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1965

119th orbital launch attempt

Titan III

7th mission
5th mission of 1965