Status
Success
OPS 9331-9334, LES-5 & DODGE
Launch Time
Sat Jul 01, 1967 13:15 UTC
Sat Jul 01, 1967 13:15 UTC
Rocket
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.
Payloads: 4
Total Mass: 180.0 kg
Geosynchronous Orbit
Lincoln Experimental Satellite 5
LES 5 (Lincoln Experimental Satellite 5) was an experimental military UHF communications satellite
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 194.0 kg
Geosynchronous Orbit
DODGE
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 102.0 kg
Geosynchronous Orbit
Location
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1967
73rd orbital launch attempt
Titan III
19th mission
6th mission of 1967
13th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission