Augmented Target Docking Adapter

Back-up target in case of an GATV (Gemini Agena Target Vehicle) failure. Augmented Target Docking Adapter was launched on June 1, 1966 aboard a Atlas SLV-3 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jul 11, 1966).

COSPAR 1966-046ANORAD 2186United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: ATDA
Common name: Augmented Target Docking Adapter
Payload designation: TDA 4
International designator: 1966-046A
NORAD catalog number: 2186
GCAT identifier: S02186
UN registration: A/AC.105/INF.141

Mission

Mission type: Human spaceflight
Use: Civil government
Program: TDA
Owner: MSC
Country: United States
Builder: McDonnell Aircraft
Platform (bus): TDA

Launch

Date: June 1, 1966 · 15:00 UTC
Launch record: 1966-046Success
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC14

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 286 km
Apogee: 288 km
Inclination: 28.87°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: July 11, 1966
Last known active: Jun 14, 1966
End of operations: Jun 14, 1966

Size

Mass: 910 kg
Dry mass: 910 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 1,050 kg
Length: 3.7 m
Diameter: 1.50 m
Span: 3.7 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12762710 (CC0).