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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsTitan IIIC
Launched 1969-02-09 21:09 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geosynchronous Orbit
Worldwide
16th
orbital launch attempt in 1969
United States Air Force
6th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
136 d 13 h
since the pad's previous launch
TACSAT 1 (also TACOMSAT, Tactical Communications satellite) was the largest and most powerful communications satellite at the time when it was launched into synchronous orbit by a Titan-3C booster 9 February 1969, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The experimental tactical communications satellite was designed and built by Hughes Aircraft Company, under the direction of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Organization, for the Department of Defense.
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
13,100kg
Liftoff thrust
10,586kN
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