Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | ATS 1
ATS 1 (Applications Technology Satellite) was designed and launched for the purpose of testing new concepts in spacecraft design, propulsion, and stabilization, collecting high-quality cloudcover pictures and relaying processed meteorological data via an earth-synchronous satellite, providing in situ measurements of the aerospace environment, and testing improved communication systems.
The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.
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Mission Profile
ATS 1 was a Atlas SLV-3 Agena D mission operated by United States Air Force that lifted off from Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 7, 1966. The flight carried its payload on a earth science mission to Geosynchronous Orbit. The launch was a success.