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Atlas SLV - Atlas SLV-3 s/n 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena) - 1968-08-16 20,836 bytes. 151 x 465 pixels. |
Standardized Atlas booster with no or small solid upper stage.
LEO Payload: 800 kg. to: 300 km Orbit. at: 28.0 degrees.
The ATDA achieved a near-circular orbit (apogee 161.5, perigee 158.5 nautical miles). One hour and 40 minutes later, the scheduled launch of Gemini IX-A was postponed by a ground equipment failure which prevented the transfer of updating information from Cape Kennedy mission control center to the spacecraft computer. The mission was recycled for launch on June 3, following a prepared 48-hour recycle plan. Anomalous telemetry indicated some sort of problem with the target, but it was not until Gemini IX rendezvoused with it in orbit that it was seen that fairing separation had failed.
Suborbital.
Suborbital.
Suborbital.
1 of 13 satellite launch attempts; investigate effects of ionosphere on radio signals.
![]() | Atlas Burner 2A - Atlas Burner 2A - COSPAR 1972-076 27,650 bytes. 307 x 490 pixels. |