ATS-4
Launch Partial Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:33:00
Saturday August 10, 1968
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Mission Details
Launch Notes
Centaur stage failed to restart due to an oxidizer leak. Payload inserted into the wrong orbit.
ATS-4
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.
Geostationary Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Rocket
Launch Site
Stats
Atlas-Centaur
16th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1968
1968
74th
Orbital launch attempt