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Atlas SLV-3 | ATDA

June 1, 1966 at 3:00 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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June 1, 1966 at 3:00 PM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 14

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4910, -80.5469

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Space Launch Complex 14

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Atlas SLV-3

Atlas · SLV-3

Height

21 m

Diameter

3.05 m

LEO capacity

800 kg

Successful launches

4

Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 14

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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