USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D ATS 3

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D ATS 3
Start: 1967-11-05T23:37:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 12

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Status

Success

Date

5 NOV 1967

23:37

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 12

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

ATS 3 (Applications Technology Satellite) was one of a series of spacecraft designed to demonstrate the utility and feasibility of a variety of technological and scientific activities that could be carried out by an earth-synchronous spacecraft.

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