08747 - LES 9

The satellite pair LES 8 and LES 9 was launched from the same vehicle. The communications technology experimentation and operational communications activity involved both satellites as well as up/downlink communications with ground stations. The satellites were stabilized in all three axes by a momentum-exchange system, so that the antenna orientation toward earth was maintained.

Alternate Names

SESP P74-1B
ST 74-1B
08747

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1976-03-15
Launch Vehicle: Titan III-C
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States
Mass: 407.0 kg