TDA-3

USA

Target for Gemini 8

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	02104 / 66019A
Launch date - time	16 Mar 1966 - 15:00:03 UT
Launch site	CC, LC14
Launch vehicle	Atlas SLV-3 Agena D (#5302)
Earth orbit on Mar 16.7:
- Perigee / Apogee	285 x 298 km
- Eccentricity	0.001
- Inclination	28.88°
- Period	90.20 min

TDA-3 Target Docking

TDA-3 Agena Target Docking

Gemini 8

TDA-3 - Agena Target Docking Vehicle liftoff prior to Gemini 8 launch - Credit: NASA.

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor
Customer	NASA
Mass at launch	3175 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape	cylinder
Dimension	7.92 long - 1.52 dia

Decay:

Descent date:	15 Sep 1967 - 20:24
Lifetime:	548.21 days

Gemini 8

Gemini 8 - Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft - Credit: NASA.

Gemini 8

Gemini 8 - Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft - Credit: NASA.

Gemini 8

Gemini 8 - Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from Gemini 8 spacecraft - Credit: NASA.

Astrophilately covers:

GATV cover

GATV launch cover, cancel Cape Canaveral

Ref.: #1, #3(SD1966), #7, #8, #149, #206 #400 - update: 24.11.17