LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sun Nov 05 1967

United States Air Force

ATS 3

Launch Successful

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

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Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Description:

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
ATS 3 (Applications Technology Satellite) was one of a series of spacecraft designed to demonstrate the utility and feasibility of a variety of technological and scientific activities that could be carried out by an earth-synchronous spacecraft.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 12