Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
13:00:00
Thursday May 30, 1974
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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).
Geostationary Earth Orbit
1 Payload
1,400 kilograms


Manufacturer
US Air ForceRocket
Height: 42m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 13,100 kg
GTO: 3,000 kg
Liftoff Thrust
13,642 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
2
78th
Mission
4th
Mission of 1974
42nd
Orbital launch attempt