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Gemini 10 Target

Gemini 10 Target was launched on July 18, 1966 aboard a Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Dec 29, 1966).

COSPAR 1966-065ANORAD 2348United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
TDA 1A
Common name
Gemini 10 Target
International designator
1966-065A
NORAD catalog number
2348
GCAT identifier
S02348
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.145

Mission

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

Launch

Date
July 18, 1966 · 20:39 UTC
Launch record
1966-065Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC14

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
301 km
Apogee
317 km
Inclination
28.86°
Status
Reentered attached to another object
Status date
December 29, 1966
Last known active
Jul 25, 1966
End of operations
Jul 25, 1966

Size

Mass
559 kg
Dry mass
559 kg
Total mass with attached objects
3,259 kg
Length
1.0 m
Diameter
1.50 m
Span
1.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q26670523 (CC0).