NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

OPS 9341-9348

Launch Time
Thu Jun 13, 1968 14:03 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 20-27

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

Payloads: 8
Total Mass: 360.0 kg
Geosynchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1968

55th orbital launch attempt

Titan III

28th mission
5th mission of 1968
22nd successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission