United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3 Agena DLaunch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
ATS 3
Launched
November 5, 1967
Image: USAF
Summary
ATS 3 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 5, 1967. It was United States Air Force's 426th launch, 54th this year and humanity's 771st orbital launch attempt. It was the 48th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight and the 9th this year. The payload was bound for Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO). ATS 3, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 35,780 × 35,823 km orbit inclined 0.4°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
- Milestone
- 48th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight · 9th this yearUnited States Air Force's 426th launch54th this yearhumanity's 771st orbital launch attempt123rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ATS 3 · NORAD 3029 · 1967-111 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ATS 3
- Object ID
- 1967-111A
- Epoch
- 1967-11-07 23:29:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.00245491 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00051
- Inclination
- 0.401°
- Ascending node
- 50.8419°
- Arg. of perigee
- 109.133°
- Mean anomaly
- 190.979°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GSO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- ATS 3 · NORAD 3029 · in orbit
Agena D 6153 · re-entered August 8, 1968
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ATS 3 (Applications Technology Satellite) was one of a series of spacecraft designed to demonstrate the utility and feasibility of a variety of technological and scientific activities that could be carried out by an earth-synchronous spacecraft.
Pad
Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
23rd launch from Launch Complex 12, 3rd this year · 212th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
23 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
144 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did ATS 3 launch?
ATS 3 launched on November 5, 1967. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ATS 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ATS 3?
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did ATS 3 launch from?
Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did ATS 3 reach?
ATS 3, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 35,780 × 35,823 km orbit inclined 0.4°.
How many satellites did ATS 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).