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Titan II GLV | Gemini VI-A

December 15, 1965 at 1:37 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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December 15, 1965 at 1:37 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 6A was the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and Pilot Thomas P. Stafford. The mission achieved the first crewed rendezvous with the Gemini 7 spacecraft. The mission began on December 15, 1965, 13:37:26 UTC and ended on December 16, 1965, 15:28:50 UTC.

Vehicle

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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