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Gemini 11 Target

Gemini 11 Target was launched on September 12, 1966 aboard a Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Dec 30, 1966).

COSPAR 1966-080ANORAD 2414United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
TDA 6
Common name
Gemini 11 Target
International designator
1966-080A
NORAD catalog number
2414
GCAT identifier
S02414
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.148

Mission

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

Launch

Date
September 12, 1966 · 13:05 UTC
Launch record
1966-080Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC14

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
309 km
Apogee
315 km
Inclination
28.83°
Status
Reentered attached to another object
Status date
December 30, 1966
Last known active
Sep 20, 1966
End of operations
Sep 20, 1966

Size

Mass
565 kg
Dry mass
565 kg
Total mass with attached objects
3,265 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 Q26670541 (CC0).