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ATDA
Atlas SLV-3 · Test Target
1966Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral
Mission
The ATDA (Augmented Target Docking Adapter) had been prepared as a back-up target in case of an GATV (Gemini Agena Target Vehicle) failure. The ATDA was a short cylinder consisting of a target docking adapter cone mounted on front and containing a communications system, a guidance and control system, and a reaction control system. It also had running lights, but unlike the GATV, the ATDA had no propulsive capabilities for orbit changes.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 14
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2