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United States Air ForceTitan IIICSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Transtage 5

Launched

June 18, 1965

Launch Successful

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

32.1°Inclination
176 × 197 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements
88.1 minPeriodfrom mean elements
261.3°Ascending node
22397 d agoElement epoch1965-06-20 13:58 UTC · stale

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

Map of Space Launch Complex 40

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).