LAUNCH CENTER

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Success
Thu May 06 1965
United States Air Force

LES 2

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

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Rocket Details

Name:

Titan IIIA

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.

Titan IIIA rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • Experimental communications satellite featuring a single X-band transponder and an 8-horn electronically switched antenna.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 20