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Weather Satellites: ATS V

ATS V - Applications Technology Satellite V

Launch date: August 12, 1969

Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida

Launch vehicle: Atlas Centaur

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:

Evaluate gravity-gradient stabilization and new imaging techniques for meteorological data retrieval (same as failed ATS IV).
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