NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

ATS-6

Launch Time
Thu May 30, 1974 13:00 UTC

Rocket

Titan III(23)C
Martin Marietta
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 13,642 kN
Payload to LEO: 13,100 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 42.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m

Mission Details

ATS-6

ATS-6 (Applications Technology Satellite-6) was a NASA experimental satellite, built by Fairchild Space and Electronics Division. It has been called the world's first educational satellite as well as world's first experimental Direct Broadcast Satellite as part of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment between NASA and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,400.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1974

42nd orbital launch attempt

Titan III

78th mission
4th mission of 1974
67th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission