Program: DSCS. Objective: Communications. Type: Military. Overview: Defense Satellite Communications System. Major Events:
- 1978 March 25 - DSCS II-09. Spacecraft: DSCS II. Mass: 550 kg (1,210 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Titan.
Launched with DSCS F10.
- 2000 October 20 - USA 153. Spacecraft: DSCS III. Mass: 1,235 kg (2,722 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Atlas.
Military Communications satellite. Launch delayed from October 12 by spacecraft problem. The US Air Force Defense Satellite Communications System satellite was placed by the Centaur upper stage into a 148 km x 898 km x 29.3 deg parking orbit. A second burn put it into a 218 km x 35,232 km x 26.0 deg transfer orbit. The DSCS III B-11 IABS-8 apogee stage, with two Primex R4D liquid apogee engines, circularised the orbit at geostationary altitude on October 21 and then separated from the DSCS.
- 2003 March 11 - USA 167. Spacecraft: DSCS III. Mass: 1,235 kg (2,722 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta IV.
First flight of a fully cryogenic orbital launch vehicle. Delayed from December 2001, February 2, 6, 8, 11, 12 and March 8 2003. Satellite mas 2,733 kg with kick stage.
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