GATV 5004
Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
15:15:00
Tuesday May 17, 1966
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Mission Details
Launch Notes
Programmer servo-amplifier failure due to either cryo leakage or pinched wiring results in unplanned pitch-over just before BECO. The vehicle fell into the Atlantic Ocean. Intended to be used as the docking target for Gemini 9.
GATV 5004
The Agena Target Vehicle (ATV,ədʒiːnə), also known as Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle (GATV) was an uncrewed spacecraft used by NASA during its Gemini program to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques and to perform large orbital changes, in preparation for the Apollo program lunar missions.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
3,260 kilograms
Rocket
Launch Site
Stats
Atlas-Agena
70th
Mission
8th
Mission of 1966
1966
47th
Orbital launch attempt