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Lincoln Experimental Satellite 5
Former American communications satellite. Lincoln Experimental Satellite 5 was launched on July 1, 1967 aboard a Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1967-066ENORAD 2866United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- LES 5
- Common name
- Lincoln Experimental Satellite 5
- International designator
- 1967-066E
- NORAD catalog number
- 2866
- GCAT identifier
- S02866
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.178
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- LES
- Owner
- SAMSO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lincoln Labs, Mass. Inst of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- LES
Launch
- Date
- July 1, 1967 · 13:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 1967-066Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 33,171 km
- Apogee
- 33,639 km
- Inclination
- 6.92°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 1971
- End of operations
- May 1971
Size
- Mass
- 102 kg
- Dry mass
- 102 kg
- Length
- 1.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 1.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q122973289 (CC0).