1968 · United States Air Force
ATS 4
successAtlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 4
ATS 4 was a satellite designed to test gravity gradient stabilization at synchronous altitude. It failed to reach the desired altitude, thus was not able to fulfill its mission objectives.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 10, 1968 at 10:33 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A
- Mission
- ATS 4
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Geosynchronous Orbit