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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsTitan IIIA
Launched 1965-05-06 15:00:03 UTCSpace Launch Complex 20, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Elliptical Orbit
Worldwide
39th
orbital launch attempt in 1965
United States Air Force
24th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 20
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
83 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
Experimental communications satellite featuring a single X-band transponder and an 8-horn electronically switched antenna.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
42m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
3,100kg
Liftoff thrust
1,941kN
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