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ATS 1
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D · Earth Science
1966Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral
Mission
ATS 1 (Applications Technology Satellite) was designed and launched for the purpose of testing new concepts in spacecraft design, propulsion, and stabilization, collecting high-quality cloudcover pictures and relaying processed meteorological data via an earth-synchronous satellite, providing in situ measurements of the aerospace environment, and testing improved communication systems.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Orbit
- GSO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 12
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2