Titan IIIC | TACSAT 1
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
TACSAT 1
TACSAT 1 (also TACOMSAT, Tactical Communications satellite) was the largest and most powerful communications satellite at the time when it was launched into synchronous orbit by a Titan-3C booster 9 February 1969, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The experimental tactical communications satellite was designed and built by Hughes Aircraft Company, under the direction of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Organization, for the Department of Defense.
Titan IIIC
Height 42.00 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 3000 kg
Liftoff Thrust 10586 kN
Diameter 3.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 13100 kg
Liftoff Mass 626 Tonnes
Launch Success 34
Consecutive Success 8
Maiden Flight 1965-06-18
Launch Failures 2
