DSCS II A1 and A2 (OPS 3431/9432), the first pair of Phase II Defense Satellite Communications System craft for secure U.S. military GEO relay. Titan IIIC from Cape Kennedy LC-40 delivered both spin-stabilized satellites to geosynchronous orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 17th
- of 36 Titan IIIC flights
- Date and time
- 3 November 1971, 03:09 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1971-095
- Launches in 1971
- 104th of 133
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