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Titan 401A Centaur | Trumpet 1
United States Air ForceLaunch Successful

Trumpet 1

Titan 401A Centaur

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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission

Trumpet signal intelligence satellites were launched by Titan-4(01)A Centaur-T into highly elliptic Molniya-type orbits. In their elliptical orbits they would move very slowly over the northern hemisphere for most of their orbital period, allowing interception of microwave line-of-sight communications beams. Since they would move slowly through the beams during their orbit, a constellation of such satellites was required to monitor Soviet communications throughout the day.

Launch vehicle
Titan 401A Centaur
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Destination orbit
Elliptical Orbit
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Provider
United States Air Force

The vehicle

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Launch vehicle

Titan 401A Centaur

Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.

Height
63.1 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Stages
3
Recorded launches
9
First flight
1994-02-07

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Launch site & orbit

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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DestinationElliptical Orbit

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