Status
Failure
IDCSP-1 8-14, GGTS-2
Launch Time
Fri Aug 26, 1966 13:59 UTC
Fri Aug 26, 1966 13:59 UTC
Payload fairing disintegrated at T+78 seconds leading to a loss of the launch vehicle.
Rocket
Mission Details
IDCSP-1 8-14
The IDCSP (Initial Defense Communications satellite Program) provided the Pentagon with its first near-geosynchronous communications system and replaced the cancelled ADVENT project.
Payloads: 7
Total Mass: 315.0 kg
Geosynchronous Orbit
Gravity Gradient Test Satellite 2
GGTS (Gravity Gradient Test Satellite) were two experimental satellites to investigate gravity gradient stabilization in geostationary orbits. They were each launched together with 7 IDCSP communications satellites.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 47.0 kg
Geosynchronous Orbit
Location
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1966
86th orbital launch attempt
Titan III
10th mission
3rd mission of 1966
3rd failed mission