United States Air Force

IDCSP 1 to 7

Titan IIIC

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, June 16, 1966 · 14:00 UTC

Mission

/01

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

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Titan IIIC

Variant: IIIC

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 41

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.583° N, 80.583° W

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