DSCS II F-3 and F-4 (OPS 9433/9434), a dual U.S. Air Force Defense Satellite Communications System Phase II pair launched together on a Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral into geosynchronous orbit for secure military links.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.2 T
- Flight
- 20th
- of 36 Titan IIIC flights
- Date and time
- 13 December 1973, 23:57 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1973-100
- Launches in 1973
- 107th of 116
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