United States Air ForceTitan IIIASpace Launch Complex 20, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
LES 1
Launched
February 11, 1965
Image: USAF
Summary
LES 1 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIA from Space Launch Complex 20, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 11, 1965. It was United States Air Force's 239th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 402nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Titan IIIA flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). Transtage Payload Truss, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 2,787 × 2,790 km orbit inclined 32.1°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan IIIA · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Titan IIIA flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 239th launch8th this yearhumanity's 402nd orbital launch attempt9th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Transtage Payload Truss · NORAD 1001 · 1965-008 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TITAN 3A (TRUSS)
- Object ID
- 1965-008A
- Epoch
- 1965-02-12 12:45:06 UTC
- Mean motion
- 9.90356563 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001732
- Inclination
- 32.1461°
- Ascending node
- 198.8654°
- Arg. of perigee
- 348.1241°
- Mean anomaly
- 11.8905°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 9
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: MEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 3 still in orbit
- Transtage Payload Truss · NORAD 1001 · in orbit
- LES 1 · NORAD 1002 · in orbit
Transtage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Experimental communications satellite featuring a single X-band transponder and an 8-horn electronically switched antenna.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 20, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3rd launch from Space Launch Complex 20, 1st this year · 130th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
62 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did LES 1 launch?
LES 1 launched on February 11, 1965. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch LES 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched LES 1?
Titan IIIA, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIA spec sheet
Where did LES 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 20, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did LES 1 reach?
Transtage Payload Truss, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 2,787 × 2,790 km orbit inclined 32.1°.
How many satellites did LES 1 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).