1968 · United States Air Force

IDCSP 20 to 27

successTitan IIIC | IDCSP 20 to 27

The IDCSP (Initial Defense Communications satellite Program) provided the Pentagon with its first near-geosynchronous communications system and replaced the cancelled ADVENT project.

Overview

Date / time: June 13, 1968 at 02:03 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 41
Mission: IDCSP 20 to 27
Mission type: Communications
Orbit achieved: Geosynchronous Orbit

Launch vehicle

Titan IIIC →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 8