LES-1
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les-1-181-5998005
title:
LES-1
text:
Lincoln Experimental Satellite 1, also known as LES-1, was a communications satellite, the first of nine in the Lincoln Experimental Satellite program. Launched by the United States Air Force (USAF) on February 11, 1965, it pioneered many then-advanced technologies including active use of the military's SHF band to service hundreds of users. LES-1 did not have a successful operational life due to being placed in a suboptimal orbit, and it ceased transmissions in 1967. After 45 years of inactivit
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
American communications satellite
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LES-1
date created:
2020-02-18T01:43:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T07:47:43Z
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