Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program
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initial-defense-communications-satellite-program-271-3008301
title:
Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program
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The Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program or IDCSP was the first United States Department of Defense communications satellite constellation and the first stage of the Defense Communications Satellite Program (DCSP). Launched in five groups by Titan IIIC launch vehicles to near equatorial, subsynchronous orbits between 1966 and 1968, they were intended to be experimental testbeds. They were so successful that, by the time of the launch of the last set of eight satellites, the IDCSP wa
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American satellite family
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_Defense_Communications_Satellite_Program
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2024-01-04T08:47:16Z
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