Payload
ATS 6
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
ATS 6 is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 30, 1974 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 30, 1974 at 01:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIC →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- ATS 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,437 km
- Periapsis
- 35,194 km
- Inclination
- 1.96°
- Orbital period
- 1412.08 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 921.7 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1974-039A
- NORAD catalog №
- 7318
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 6.3095 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational