USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D ATS 1

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D ATS 1
Start: 1966-12-07T02:12:01.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 12

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Status

Success

Date

7 DEC 1966

02:12

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 12

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Geosynchronous Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.

Height

36 m

Diameter

3 m

Launch Mass

155 T

Thrust

1,340 kN