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Lincoln Experimental Satellite 8
Former American communications satellite. Lincoln Experimental Satellite 8 was launched on March 15, 1976 aboard a Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1976-023ANORAD 8746United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- LES 8
- Common name
- Lincoln Experimental Satellite 8
- Other names
- STP P74-1:PN
- International designator
- 1976-023A
- NORAD catalog number
- 8746
- GCAT identifier
- S08746
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.349
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications, Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- LES
- Owner
- SAMSO
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lincoln Labs, Mass. Inst of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- LES
Launch
- Date
- March 15, 1976 · 01:25 UTC
- Launch record
- 1976-023Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/T
- Perigee
- 35,751 km
- Apogee
- 35,812 km
- Inclination
- 25.21°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1991
- End of operations
- Jun 2, 2004
Size
- Mass
- 420 kg
- Dry mass
- 366 kg
- Length
- 2.9 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q122980673 (CC0).