USAF Titan IIIA LES 1
Titan IIIA
Status
Success
Date
11 FEB 1965
15:19
Launch Provider
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 20
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Overview
Experimental communications satellite featuring a single X-band transponder and an 8-horn electronically switched antenna.
Rocket
Titan IIIA
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Medium Earth Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
42 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Launch Mass
161 T
Thrust
1,941 kN