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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceAtlas SLV-3C Centaur
Launched 1969-08-12 11:01:04 UTCLaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geosynchronous Orbit
Worldwide
81st
orbital launch attempt in 1969
United States Air Force
28th
launch this year
Launch Complex 36A
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
137 d 12 h
since the pad's previous launch
ATS-5, the last spacecraft in the Hughes/NASA ATS program, was launched August 12, 1969, in a near-perfect trajectory for insertion into synchronous orbit. Although injected successfully into orbit, the spacecraft's reverse spin (counterclockwise) prevented successful deployment of the 124 foot gravity gradient booms for the stabilization experiment. However nine of the other 13 experiments aboard the spacecraft returned useful data.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Upcoming
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Height
21m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
800kg
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