USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D ATS 2

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D ATS 2
Start: 1967-04-06T03:23:01.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 12

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Status

Success

Date

6 APR 1967

03:23

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 12

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Medium Earth 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