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Gemini 4

Second crewed space flight in NASA's Project Gemini. Gemini 4 was launched on June 3, 1965 aboard a Titan II GLV from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jun 7, 1965).

COSPAR 1965-043ANORAD 1390United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Gemini IV
Common name
Gemini 4
Payload designation
Gemini SC4
Other names
GT-4:P
International designator
1965-043A
NORAD catalog number
1390
GCAT identifier
S01390
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.105

Mission

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

Launch

Date
June 3, 1965 · 15:16 UTC
Launch record
1965-043Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC19

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
165 km
Apogee
289 km
Inclination
32.50°
Status
Landed
Status date
June 7, 1965
Last known active
Jun 7, 1965
End of operations
Jun 7, 1965

Size

Mass
2,134 kg
Dry mass
2,134 kg
Total mass with attached objects
3,581 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 Q747769 (CC0).