Status
Partial Failure
ATS-2
Launch Time
Thu Apr 06, 1967 03:23 UTC
Thu Apr 06, 1967 03:23 UTC
Agena stage failed to re-ignite.
Rocket
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