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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 vehicle
Titan IIIA →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 2

LCS 1
MEO
LES-2
MEO