DSCS II F-5 and F-6 (OPS 9435/9436), a dual U.S. military Defense Satellite Communications System II pair. Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral LC-40 lofted them toward GEO, but Transtage gyro power loss left both satellites stranded in a useless low orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 22nd
- of 36 Titan IIIC flights
- Date and time
- 20 May 1975, 14:03 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1975-040
- Launches in 1975
- 43rd of 132
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