SATELLITES-------
ATS-ATS IV--------
ATS-ATS IV--------
SPACECRAFT DESCRIPTION:
The spacecraft was deactivated after 61 minutes when the Centaur rocket failed to ignite. The satellite's orbit was too low and the resulting atmospheric drag caused it to re-enter the earth's atmosphere and break-up on October 17, 1968.
PARTICIPANTS:
NASA, Hughes, AVCO, Control Data Corp., General Dynamics, ITT, Raytheon, RCA, Sylvania, Westinghouse
The spacecraft was deactivated after 61 minutes when the Centaur rocket failed to ignite. The satellite's orbit was too low and the resulting atmospheric drag caused it to re-enter the earth's atmosphere and break-up on October 17, 1968.
PARTICIPANTS:
NASA, Hughes, AVCO, Control Data Corp., General Dynamics, ITT, Raytheon, RCA, Sylvania, Westinghouse
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