Status
Partial Failure
Rocket
Mission Details
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.
Payloads: 1
Geostationary Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1968
74th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Centaur
16th mission
2nd mission of 1968