OPS 9331-9334, LES-5 & DODGE

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:15:00

Saturday July 1, 1967

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Mission Details

IDCSP-1 16-19

The IDCSP (Initial Defense Communications satellite Program) provided the Pentagon with its first near-geosynchronous communications system and replaced the cancelled ADVENT project.

Geosynchronous Orbit

4 Payloads

180 kilograms

Lincoln Experimental Satellite 5

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LES 5 (Lincoln Experimental Satellite 5) was an experimental military UHF communications satellite

Geosynchronous Orbit

1 Payload

194 kilograms

DODGE

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The DODGE (Department of Defense Gravity Experiment) satellite was orbited primarily to study a number of advanced biaxial and triaxial gravity-gradient stabilization techniques at near-synchronous altitudes. Secondary objectives included obtaining measurements of the earth's magnetic field at near-synchronous altitudes and black-and-white and color TV photography of the entire earth disk.

Geosynchronous Orbit

1 Payload

102 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Titan IIIC

Active 1965 to 1970

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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


19th

Mission

6th

Mission of 1967

1967


73rd

Orbital launch attempt