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Gemini 11

Ninth crewed spaceflight mission of NASA's Project Gemini. Gemini 11 was launched on September 12, 1966 aboard a Titan II GLV from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Sep 12, 1966).

COSPAR 1966-081ANORAD 2415United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Gemini XI
Common name
Gemini 11
Payload designation
Gemini SC11
Other names
GTA-11:P
International designator
1966-081A
NORAD catalog number
2415
GCAT identifier
S02415
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.148

Mission

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

Launch

Date
September 12, 1966 · 14:42 UTC
Launch record
1966-081Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC19

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
298 km
Apogee
1,368 km
Inclination
28.83°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
September 12, 1966
Last known active
Sep 15, 1966
End of operations
Sep 15, 1966

Size

Mass
2,147 kg
Dry mass
2,147 kg
Total mass with attached objects
2,724 kg
Length
3.5 m
Diameter
1.20 m
Span
3.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q836047 (CC0).