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Lincoln Experimental Satellite 4
Former American communications satellite. Lincoln Experimental Satellite 4 was launched on December 21, 1965 aboard a Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Aug 1, 1977).
COSPAR 1965-108BNORAD 1870United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- LES 4
- Common name
- Lincoln Experimental Satellite 4
- International designator
- 1965-108B
- NORAD catalog number
- 1870
- GCAT identifier
- S01870
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.126
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- LES
- Owner
- USAF SSD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lincoln Labs, Mass. Inst of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- LES
Launch
- Date
- December 21, 1965 · 14:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-108Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO
- Perigee
- 189 km
- Apogee
- 33,390 km
- Inclination
- 26.51°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- August 1, 1977
- Last known active
- May 1966
- End of operations
- May 1966
Size
- Mass
- 52 kg
- Dry mass
- 52 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 0.90 m
- Span
- 0.9 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28697180 (CC0).