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ATS-ATS III--------
ATS III was placed in a transfer orbit directly over the equator over 45 degrees west (ATS was over the eastern Pacific at this time). The transfer orbit meant that the satellite would drift slowly westward with time. The satellite eventually reached 95 degrees west where it was deactivated with ATS I on December 1, 1978. Of the satellite's eleven year life span, useful data was received for the first eight (1967-1975).

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