1967 · United States Air Force
ATS 3
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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.
Overview
- Date / time
- November 5, 1967 at 11:37 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 12
- Mission
- ATS 3
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Geosynchronous Orbit