ATS 4

USA

Spacecraft n°:

USA satellite n°:

Launch data:

Designation	03344 / 68068A
Launch date	10 Aug 1968 - 22:33:02 UT
Launch site	CC, LC-36A
Launch vehicle	Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D (AC-17)
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee
Inclination
Period

Partial launch failure, was to be geostationnary

End of life

Decay

17 Oct 1968

Satellite to test gravity gradient stabilization at synchronous altitude

Ref.: #1, #7, #15 - update: 05.07.08