flown missionSuccess
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | ATS 1
United States Air ForceLaunch Complex 12 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- ATS 1
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
ATS 1 (Applications Technology Satellite) was designed and launched for the purpose of testing new concepts in spacecraft design, propulsion, and stabilization, collecting high-quality cloudcover pictures and relaying processed meteorological data via an earth-synchronous satellite, providing in situ measurements of the aerospace environment, and testing improved communication systems.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- SLV-3 Agena D
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 12
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4806, -80.5419