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Lincoln Experimental Satellite 6
Former American communications satellite. Lincoln Experimental Satellite 6 was launched on September 26, 1968 aboard a Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1968-081DNORAD 3431United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- LES 6
- Common name
- Lincoln Experimental Satellite 6
- Other names
- STP P67-2:PN
- International designator
- 1968-081D
- NORAD catalog number
- 3431
- GCAT identifier
- S03431
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.197
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
- September 26, 1968 · 07:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-081Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/ID
- Perigee
- 35,654 km
- Apogee
- 35,939 km
- Inclination
- 4.43°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 1976
- End of operations
- January 1976
Size
- Mass
- 169 kg
- Dry mass
- 149 kg
- Length
- 1.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 1.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q122973333 (CC0).