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1973 · United States Air Force

DSCS-2 3 & 4

successTitan IIIC | DSCS-2 3 & 4

Satellites designed to provide secure voice and data communications for the US military.

Overview

Date / time: December 13, 1973 at 11:57 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40
Mission: DSCS-2 3 & 4
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 2

OPS 9433 (DSCS 2-3)

OPS 9434 (DSCS 2-4)