Key statistics
Satellite ATS 5 AKM at a glance.
Uptime
20358
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
1.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ATS 5 AKM.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ATS 5 AKM
International designator: 1969-069C
Object number (NORAD): 21052
Object ID (CCSDS): 21052
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 1466.677 minutes
Inclination: 1.6518 deg
SMA: 42761.194 km
Apoapsis: 36913.952 km
Periapsis: 35852.166 km
RAAN: 273.7685 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0124153
Argument of periapsis: 301.3604 deg
Mean anomaly: 81.3858 deg
Mean motion: 0.98181129 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000159 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 9:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ATS 5 AKM
TLE line 1: 1 21052U 69069C 25127.90371046 -.00000159 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 21052 1.6518 273.7685 0124153 301.3604 81.3858 0.98181129 42406
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ATS 5 AKM.
Associated space launch
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.
ATS 5 AKM was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 5’, on board a Atlas SLV-3C Centaur space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 12, 1969, 11:01 a.m. from Launch Complex 36A.
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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 5
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 12, 1969, 11:01 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
Launch pad: Launch Complex 36A
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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