Applications Technology Satellite 4

Former NASA communications and weather satellite. Applications Technology Satellite 4 was launched on August 10, 1968 aboard a Atlas SLV-3C Centaur from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Oct 17, 1968).

COSPAR 1968-068ANORAD 3344United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: ATS 4
Common name: Applications Technology Satellite 4
Payload designation: ATS D
International designator: 1968-068A
NORAD catalog number: 3344
GCAT identifier: S03344
UN registration: A/AC.105/INF.196

Mission

Mission type: Communications, Technology
Use: Civil government
Program: ATS
Owner: GSFC
Country: United States
Builder: Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
Platform (bus): HS-306

Launch

Date: August 10, 1968 · 22:33 UTC
Launch record: 1968-068Failure · 0.4
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 212 km
Apogee: 659 km
Inclination: 29.05°
Status: Reentered attached to another object
Status date: October 17, 1968
Last known active: Oct 17, 1968
End of operations: Oct 17, 1968

Size

Mass: 367 kg
Dry mass: 367 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 2,548 kg
Length: 1.8 m
Diameter: 1.40 m
Span: 20.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q8183067 (CC0).