Titan IIIC
SuccessTACSAT 1 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Sunday, Feb 9, 1969, 21:09 UTC
Launch window
Sunday, Feb 9, 1969, 21:09 UTC – Sunday, Feb 9, 1969, 21:09 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
TACSAT 1
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
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.
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