LAUNCH MISSION
USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D ATS 1
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 12
Description
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.
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
Rocket Description
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.