ATS 5

USA

Launch data:

Designation	04068 / 69069A
Launch date	12 Aug 1969 - 11:01:04 UT
Launch site:	CC, LC-36A
Launch vehicle:	Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D (AC-18)
Mission	Telecommunications experimentation
Geostationary orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	km
Eccentricity
Inclination	deg
Period	min

Mission details:

Although injected successfully into orbit, the spacecraft's reverse spin (counterclockwise) prevented successful deployment of the 124 foot gravity gradient booms for the stabilization experiment. However nine of the other 13 experiments aboard the spacecraft returned useful data. Provided data on auroran phenomenons and propagation in ionosphere.

End of life

Out of service

Mar 1984

Ref.: #7, #14, #15 - update: 01.10.08

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