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Overview

Destination: Geostationary Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Geostationary Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Satellite designed to provide secure voice and data communications for the US military.

Titan 34D IUS

Family:
Configuration: 34D IUS

The Titan 34D was a United States expendable launch vehicle used to launch a number of satellites for military applications.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    52.4 m
  • Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Launch Mass
    725.0 T
  • Thrust
    11279.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Titan 34D IUS
  • Family
  • Variant
    34D IUS
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Titan 34D IUS
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    5000.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
    1900.0 kg
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin

(LMT)

Founded: 1953 Successes: 77 Failures: 3 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.

INFO WIKI

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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