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ATS 2

successAtlas SLV-3 Agena D | ATS 2

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.

Overview

Date / time
April 6, 1967 at 03:23 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 12
Mission
ATS 2
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Medium Earth Orbit

Payloads deployed · 1