Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
13:15:00
Saturday July 1, 1967
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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
LES 5 (Lincoln Experimental Satellite 5) was an experimental military UHF communications satellite
Geosynchronous Orbit
1 Payload
194 kilograms
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
Manufacturer
US Air ForceRocket
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
19th
Mission
6th
Mission of 1967
73rd
Orbital launch attempt