flown missionSuccess
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 4
United States Air ForceLaunch Complex 36A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- ATS 4
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
ATS 4 was a satellite designed to test gravity gradient stabilization at synchronous altitude. It failed to reach the desired altitude, thus was not able to fulfill its mission objectives.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- SLV-3C Centaur
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4706, -80.5422