United States Air ForceTitan IIICSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TACSAT 1
Launched
February 9, 1969
Image: U.S. DoD
Summary
TACSAT 1 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIC from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 9, 1969. It was United States Air Force's 480th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 935th orbital launch attempt. It was the 12th Titan IIIC flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO). OPS 0757, one of 20 catalogued objects, reached a 35,947 × 36,051 km orbit inclined 0.6°. 20 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan IIIC · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
- Milestone
- 12th Titan IIIC flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 480th launch6th this yearhumanity's 935th orbital launch attempt16th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 0757 · NORAD 3691 · 1969-013 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OPS 0757 (TACSAT)
- Object ID
- 1969-013A
- Epoch
- 1969-02-10 03:35:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.99543756 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00123
- Inclination
- 0.6489°
- Ascending node
- 279.152°
- Arg. of perigee
- 159.2649°
- Mean anomaly
- 21.331°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 18 debris; 20 still in orbit
- OPS 0757 · NORAD 3691 · in orbit
Transtage 17 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
9th launch from Space Launch Complex 41, 1st this year · 230th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
125 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
136 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did TACSAT 1 launch?
TACSAT 1 launched on February 9, 1969. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch TACSAT 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched TACSAT 1?
Titan IIIC, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIC spec sheet
Where did TACSAT 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did TACSAT 1 reach?
OPS 0757, one of 20 catalogued objects, reached a 35,947 × 36,051 km orbit inclined 0.6°.
How many satellites did TACSAT 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).