MISSION NAME
ATS 3 3
Status
Success
DATE
5 NOV 1967
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 12
Description
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.
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
Rocket Description
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.