August 12, 1969 at 11:01 AM UTC
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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August 12, 1969 at 11:01 AM UTC
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Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4706, -80.5422
ATS-5, the last spacecraft in the Hughes/NASA ATS program, was launched August 12, 1969, in a near-perfect trajectory for insertion into synchronous orbit. Although injected successfully into orbit, the spacecraft's reverse spin (counterclockwise) prevented successful deployment of the 124 foot gravity gradient booms for the stabilization experiment. However nine of the other 13 experiments aboard the spacecraft returned useful data.
Atlas · SLV-3C Centaur
Height
21 m
Diameter
3.05 m
LEO capacity
800 kg
Successful launches
15
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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