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LTA-B
LTA-B was launched on December 21, 1968 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: escaped to another body, attached (Dec 25, 1968).
COSPAR 1968-118GCAT D00222United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- LTA-B
- International designator
- 1968-118
- GCAT identifier
- D00222
Mission
- Mission type
- —
- Owner
- MSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Grummann Aerospace Corporation
- Platform (bus)
- LTA
Launch
- Date
- December 21, 1968 · 12:51 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-118Success
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- PCO
- Status
- Escaped to another body, attached
- Status date
- December 25, 1968
Size
- Mass
- 9,025 kg
- Dry mass
- 9,025 kg
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00222
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- December 23, 1968
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body, attached · December 25, 1968
- Destination
- Earth
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 1968 | Earth | Dec 23, 1968 | Escaped to another body, attached | Luna |
| Dec 25, 1968 | Earth | January 1969 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).