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Titan II GLV | Gemini IX-A

June 3, 1966 at 1:39 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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June 3, 1966 at 1:39 PM UTC

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Launch Complex 19

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.5069, -80.5542

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Launch Complex 19

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Mission description

Gemini 9A was the seventh crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Thomas P. Stafford and Pilot Eugene Cernan. The astronauts rendezvoused with the Augmented Docking Target Adapter, but were unable to dock due to docking target's fairing which failed to deploy. The mission started on June 3, 1966, 13:39:33 UTC and ended on June 6, 1966, 14:00:23 UTC.

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Titan II GLV

Titan · GLV

Height

33.2 m

Diameter

3.05 m

LEO capacity

3,850 kg

Successful launches

12

Launch complex

Launch Complex 19

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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