United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
ATDA
Launched
June 1, 1966
Image: NASA
Summary
ATDA launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 from Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 1, 1966. It was United States Air Force's 327th launch, 28th this year and humanity's 570th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas SLV-3 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). ATDA, one of 54 catalogued objects, reached a 301 × 307 km orbit inclined 28.9°. 54 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3 · United States Air ForceGemini
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Target · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas SLV-3 flightUnited States Air Force's 327th launch28th this yearhumanity's 570th orbital launch attempt53rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ATDA · NORAD 2186 · 1966-046 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 54 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1966-046A
- Epoch
- 1966-06-01 20:45:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91892079 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004425
- Inclination
- 28.8735°
- Ascending node
- 315.3475°
- Arg. of perigee
- 97.5346°
- Mean anomaly
- 262.5219°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
54 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 50 debris, 2 components; none still in orbit
- ATDA · NORAD 2186 · re-entered July 11, 1966
Atlas SLV-3 5304 · broke up June 22, 1966
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The ATDA (Augmented Target Docking Adapter) had been prepared as a back-up target in case of an GATV (Gemini Agena Target Vehicle) failure. The ATDA was a short cylinder consisting of a target docking adapter cone mounted on front and containing a communications system, a guidance and control system, and a reaction control system. It also had running lights, but unlike the GATV, the ATDA had no propulsive capabilities for orbit changes.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
17th launch from Space Launch Complex 14, 3rd this year · 170th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
20 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
14 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did ATDA launch?
ATDA launched on June 1, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ATDA?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ATDA?
Atlas SLV-3, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 spec sheet
Where did ATDA launch from?
Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did ATDA reach?
ATDA, one of 54 catalogued objects, reached a 301 × 307 km orbit inclined 28.9°.
How many satellites did ATDA launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is ATDA part of?
Gemini. About Gemini