NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

OPS 9331-9334, LES-5 & DODGE

Launch Time
Sat Jul 01, 1967 13:15 UTC

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

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