United States Air ForceTitan IIICSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Transtage 5
Launched
June 18, 1965
Image: U.S. DoD
Summary
Transtage 5 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIC from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 18, 1965. It was United States Air Force's 265th launch, 34th this year and humanity's 446th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Titan IIIC flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Titan 3A Fairing, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 176 × 197 km orbit inclined 32.1°. 2 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
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Titan IIIC flightUnited States Air Force's 265th launch34th this yearhumanity's 446th orbital launch attempt53rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Titan 3A Fairing · NORAD 1412 · 1965-047 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1965-047A
- Epoch
- 1965-06-20 13:58:07 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.35021708 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0016002
- Inclination
- 32.1417°
- Ascending node
- 261.257°
- Arg. of perigee
- 345.6056°
- Mean anomaly
- 14.4119°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 33
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Titan 3A Fairing · NORAD 1412 · re-entered June 29, 1965
Transtage 7 · re-entered June 21, 1965
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Test flights of the cryogenic Transtage stage.
Pad

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
1st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 1st this year · 146th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Transtage 5 launch?
Transtage 5 launched on June 18, 1965. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Transtage 5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Transtage 5?
Titan IIIC, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIC spec sheet
Where did Transtage 5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Transtage 5 reach?
Titan 3A Fairing, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 176 × 197 km orbit inclined 32.1°.
How many satellites did Transtage 5 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
