Gemini 12 Target

Gemini 12 Target was launched on November 11, 1966 aboard a Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Dec 23, 1966).

COSPAR 1966-103ANORAD 2565United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: TDA 7A
Common name: Gemini 12 Target
International designator: 1966-103A
NORAD catalog number: 2565
GCAT identifier: S02565
UN registration: A/AC.105/INF.154

Mission

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

Launch

Date: November 11, 1966 · 19:07 UTC
Launch record: 1966-103Success
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC14

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 251 km
Apogee: 290 km
Inclination: 28.85°
Status: Reentered attached to another object
Status date: December 23, 1966
Last known active: Nov 15, 1966
End of operations: Nov 15, 1966

Size

Mass: 527 kg
Dry mass: 527 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 3,227 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 Q26670558 (CC0).