United States Air Force

IDCSP 8 to 14

Titan IIIC

FAILURE
Failure

Friday, August 26, 1966 · 13:59 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 Failure

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

3

Pad Launches

181

Location Launches

347

Agency Launches

86

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