LaunchesATS 4
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ATS 4
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur · Earth Science
1968Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral
Mission
ATS 4 was a satellite designed to test gravity gradient stabilization at synchronous altitude. It failed to reach the desired altitude, thus was not able to fulfill its mission objectives.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
- Orbit
- GSO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2