Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 5
Launch information
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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.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 5’.
Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: Aug. 12, 1969, 11:01 a.m.
Timezone: America/New_York
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
ATS 5 (GSO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
United States Air Force |
Rocket |
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur |
Location |
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA |
Pad |
Launch Complex 36A |
Type |
Earth Science |
Orbit |
Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO) |
Satellites on-board
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Launch statistics
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Orbital Launch
#998
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Location Launch
#240
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Pad Launch
#11
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Agency Launch
#502
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Orbital Launch
#80
Year 1969
Location Launch
#13
Year 1969
Pad Launch
#2
Year 1969
Agency Launch
#28
Year 1969
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