Titan 401A Centaur | Trumpet 1
United States Air Force · Titan 401A Centaur · Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 939th launch · 5th this year · humanity's 3,895th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 3, 15:55 – May 3, 15:55 UTC
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Trumpet 1
Trumpet signal intelligence satellites were launched by Titan-4(01)A Centaur-T into highly elliptic Molniya-type orbits. In their elliptical orbits they would move very slowly over the northern hemisphere for most of their orbital period, allowing interception of microwave line-of-sight communications beams. Since they would move slowly through the beams during their orbit, a constellation of such satellites was required to monitor Soviet communications throughout the day.
Government/Top Secret · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
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