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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 4

ATS 4

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 10 Aug 1968, 10:33 pm UTC

Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur (Atlas)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Geosynchronous Orbit

Pad: Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

ATS 4 was a satellite designed to test gravity gradient stabilization at synchronous altitude. It failed to reach the desired altitude, thus was not able to fulfill its mission objectives.