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Titan IIIC | LES 8, 9 & Solrad 11A, 11B

LES 8, 9 & Solrad 11A, 11B

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Launch Details

Date: 15 Mar 1976, 01:25 am UTC

Rocket: Titan IIIC (Titan)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Dedicated Rideshare

Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

LES 8 and 9 were experimental nuclear-powered geostationary communications satellites. Solrad 11A and 11B were scientific satellites designed to monitor the solar X-ray, UV and energetic particle emissions.