NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Partial Failure

ATS-2

Launch Time
Thu Apr 06, 1967 03:23 UTC

Agena stage failed to re-ignite.

Rocket

Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 1,825 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

ATS-2

The Applications Technology Satellites (ATS) were a series of experimental satellites launched by NASA, under the supervision of, among others, Wernher von Braun. The program was launched in 1966 to test the feasibility of placing a satellite into geosynchronous orbit.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 365.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Location

LC-12, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1967

33rd orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Agena

90th mission
3rd mission of 1967