NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

LES-8, LES-9, Solrad-11a, Solrad-11b

Launch Time
Mon Mar 15, 1976 01:25 UTC

Rocket

Titan III(23)C
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

LES-8 & LES-9

The Lincoln Experimental Satellite series was designed and built by Lincoln Laboratory at MIT between 1965 and 1976, under USAF sponsorship, for testing devices and techniques for satellite communication.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 900.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Solrad-11a & Solrad-11b

SOLRAD (short for "SOLar RADiation") was an American series of satellites sponsored by the US Navy in a program to continuously monitor the Sun. SOLRAD was the Naval Research Laboratory's first post-Vanguard satellite.

Payloads: 2
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1976

24th orbital launch attempt

Titan III

93rd mission
2nd mission of 1976
81st successful mission
8th consecutive successful mission