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1965 · United States Air Force

LES 2

successTitan IIIA | LES 2

Experimental communications satellite featuring a single X-band transponder and an 8-horn electronically switched antenna.

Overview

Date / time: May 6, 1965 at 03:00 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 20
Mission: LES 2
Mission type: Communications
Orbit achieved: Elliptical Orbit

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 2