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Gemini 1
First uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft in NASA's Gemini program. Gemini 1 was launched on April 8, 1964 aboard a Titan II GLV from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Apr 12, 1964).
COSPAR 1964-018ANORAD 782United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Gemini I
- Common name
- Gemini 1
- Payload designation
- Gemini SC1
- Other names
- GT-1:P
- International designator
- 1964-018A
- NORAD catalog number
- 782
- GCAT identifier
- S00782
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.085
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Gemini
- Owner
- MSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- McDonnell Aircraft
- Platform (bus)
- Gemini
Launch
- Date
- April 8, 1964 · 16:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1964-018Success
- Rocket
- Titan II GLV
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC19
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 155 km
- Apogee
- 272 km
- Inclination
- 32.56°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- April 12, 1964
- Last known active
- Apr 8, 1964
- End of operations
- Apr 8, 1964
Size
- Mass
- 2,188 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,188 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,253 kg
- Length
- 3.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 3.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q643872 (CC0).