Human Spaceflight
GEMINI 7
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Gemini 7 was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the fourth crewed Gemini flight, the twelfth crewed American spaceflight, and the twentieth crewed spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above the Kármán line. The crew of Frank Borman and Jim Lovell spent nearly 14 days in space, making a total of 206 orbits. Their spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 4, 1965 at 07:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan II GLV →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- Gemini VII (Gemini 7)
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 300 km
- Periapsis
- 292 km
- Inclination
- 28.91°
- Orbital period
- 90.44 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,195 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1965-100A
- NORAD catalog №
- 1812
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- December 18, 1965
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- December 18, 1965
- Time in service
- 14 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed