Key statistics
Satellite ATS 5 at a glance.
Uptime
20358
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
1.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ATS 5.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ATS 5
International designator: 1969-069A
Object number (NORAD): 4068
Object ID (CCSDS): 4068
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1447.324 minutes
Inclination: 0.9875 deg
SMA: 42384.194 km
Apoapsis: 36025.632 km
Periapsis: 35986.486 km
RAAN: 257.9017 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004618
Argument of periapsis: 17.455 deg
Mean anomaly: 70.0105 deg
Mean motion: 0.99493995 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000038 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, 6:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ATS 5
TLE line 1: 1 04068U 69069A 25127.77926087 .00000038 00000-0 00000-0 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 04068 0.9875 257.9017 0004618 17.4550 70.0105 0.99493995 42298
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ATS 5.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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 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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