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Gemini 5
Crew
Conrad
Cooper
21 August 1965
14:00 GMT.
Duration
: 7.96 days.
Call Sign
: Gemini 5.
Backup Crew:
Armstrong
,
See
.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC19.
Launch Vehicle
:
Titan 2
,
SLV-3 Atlas / Agena D
.
LV Configuration
: Titan 2 GLV s/n GT-5. Program:
Gemini
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spacecraft.
Spacecraft
:
Gemini
.
Payload
: Gemini SC5.
Mass
: 3,605 kg.
Location of Spacecraft
: Space Center Houston (NASA Johnson Space Center's Visitor Center), Houston, TX.
Perigee
: 304 km.
Apogee
: 395 km.
Inclination
: 32.6 deg.
Period
: 91.5 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
16
,
26
,
33
,
60
.
Gemini preflight
- Gemini spacecraft being prepared in the shop.
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