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5 days ago · Gemini 8 was the sixth crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. The primary mission objectives were to perform rendezvous and four docking tests with the Agena target vehicle and to execute an ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA) experiment. Other objectives included parking the Agena ...
2 days ago · The Gemini 10 Agena Target Vehicle (GATV 5005) was successfully launched from Cape Kennedy on July 18, 1966 at 3:39:46 p.m. EST (20:39:46.131 UT) into a near-circular 300 km orbit. Gemini 10, which was launched an hour and 40 minutes later, achieved rendezvous with the GATV at 10:43 p.m. and docked at 11:13:03 p.m.
2 days ago · The Agena separated on schedule and both vehicles plunged into the sea about 172 km northeast of the launch site, 145 km off the coast of Florida seven and a half minutes after launch. Radar data from the Grand Bahama Island station at 436 seconds after launch placed the vehicle about 191.6 km from the launch site at 29,500 meters altitude ...
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2 days ago · Discoverer 1 was a test of the performance capabilities of the propulsion and guidance system of the booster and satellite. Launch took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a Thor-Agena A. After first stage burnout at 28529 km/hr the rocket coasted to orbital altitude where the second stage guidance system oriented the spacecraft by means of ...
2 days ago · Gemini 10, crewed by Collins and command pilot John W. Young, was launched on July 18, 1966.After a rendezvous with an Agena target vehicle, the two men used the Agena’s engines to propel them to a record altitude of 764 km (475 miles), where Collins left the spacecraft to remove equipment needed for a micrometeorite experiment from the aft end of the Gemini and attempted unsuccessfully to ...
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3 hours ago · Agnilet, which powered the semi-cryogenic, kerosene-liquid oxygen-fueled rocket that lifted off Tuesday, is a sub-cooled liquid oxygen-based propulsion system developed indigenously.
4 days ago · NORAD ID: 733 Int'l Code: 1964-002A Perigee: 764.2 km Apogee: 812.2 km Inclination: 99.1 ° Period: 100.5 minutes Semi major axis: 7159 km RCS: 4.674 m 2 (large) Launch date: January 19, 1964 Source: United States (US) Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR) Note: This is a ROCKET BODY
