Weather Satellites: ATS II

ATS II - Applications Technology Satellite II

Launch date: April 6, 1967

Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida

Launch vehicle: Atlas Agena D

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:

To continue testing of the experimental geostationary techniques of satellite orbit and motion. measure the orbital environment at 23,000 miles above the earth's surface, and to transmit meteorological information (imagery and data) to surface ground stations.

SPACECRAFT DESCRIPTION:

The spacecraft failed to reach its intended orbit and was deactivated after the second stage of the Atlas rocket failed.

PARTICIPANTS:

NASA, Hughes, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Aerospace Corporation, Bell Telephone