ATS 5
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
United States Air Force
Mission
ATS 5
Type: Earth Science
ATS-5, the last spacecraft in the Hughes/NASA ATS program, was launched August 12, 1969, in a near-perfect trajectory for insertion into synchronous orbit. Although injected successfully into orbit, the spacecraft’s reverse spin (counterclockwise) prevented successful deployment of the 124 foot gravity gradient booms for the stabilization experiment. However nine of the other 13 experiments aboard the spacecraft returned useful data.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
879 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur – Convair
- Family: Atlas
- Length: 21 m
- Diameter: 3.05 m
- Launch Mass: 120 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 800 kg
The Atlas SLV-3C Centaur was manufactured by Convair with the first launch on 1967-09-08. Atlas SLV-3C Centaur has 15 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 17 launches. The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Agency
United States Air Force – USAF
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: USAF
- Country: USA
