MISSION NAME
LES 1 1
Status
Success
DATE
11 FEB 1965
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 20
Description
Experimental communications satellite featuring a single X-band transponder and an 8-horn electronically switched antenna.
Titan IIIA
Rocket Description
The Titan IIIA or Titan 3A was an American expendable launch system, launched four times in 1964 and 1965,[1] to test the Transtage upper stage which was intended for use on the larger Titan IIIC. The Transtage was mounted atop two core stages derived from the Titan II. The Titan IIIA was also used as the core of the Titan IIIC.