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Weather Satellites: ATS IV

ATS IV - Applications Technology Satellite IV

Launch date: August 10, 1968

Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida

Launch vehicle: Atlas Centaur

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:

Evaluate gravity-gradient stabilization and new imaging techniques for meteorological data retrieval.
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