Lockheed Martin
| United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA July 1, 1967, 1:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The IDCSP (Initial Defense Communications satellite Program) provided the Pentagon with its first near-geosynchronous communications system and replaced the cancelled ADVENT project.
McDonnell Douglas
| United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA June 29, 1967, 9:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Aurora 1 was a small satellite to study the northern and southern lights (Aurora borealis and Aurora australis). SECOR 9 was a small geodetic spacecraft used to precisely determine points on the earth.