TACSAT 1 (OPS 0757 / TACOMSAT), a U.S. experimental tactical communications satellite—then the largest and most powerful comsat—for the USAF. Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral LC-41 lofted it on 9 February 1969 into geostationary orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 721 kg
- Flight
- 12th
- of 36 Titan IIIC flights
- Date and time
- 9 February 1969, 21:09 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1969-013
- Launches in 1969
- 16th of 125
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