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Titan 401A Centaur | Trumpet 2

United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 41 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Trumpet 2
Type
Government/Top Secret
Target orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Trumpet signal intelligence satellites were launched by Titan-4(01)A Centaur-T into highly elliptic Molniya-type orbits. In their elliptical orbits they would move very slowly over the northern hemisphere for most of their orbital period, allowing interception of microwave line-of-sight communications beams. Since they would move slowly through the beams during their orbit, a constellation of such satellites was required to monitor Soviet communications throughout the day.

schedule

NET (no earlier than)
Window opens
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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Titan 401A Centaur
Family
Titan
Variant
401A Centaur
Provider
United States Air Force
Type
Government
Country
USA

launch site

Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Location
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Country
USA
Timezone
America/New_York