flown missionSuccess
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | ATS 2
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 2
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
ATS 2 (Applications Technology Satellite) was a medium altitude, gravity-gradient-stabilized spacecraft designed to test new concepts in spacecraft design, propulsion, and stabilization, take high-quality cloudcover pictures, provide in situ measurements of the aerospace environment, and test 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