1967 · United States Air Force
ATS 2
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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