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Gemini 6A
1965 crewed United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. Gemini 6A was launched on December 15, 1965 aboard a Titan II GLV from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 16, 1965).
COSPAR 1965-104ANORAD 1839United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Gemini VI-A
- Common name
- Gemini 6A
- Payload designation
- Gemini SC6
- Other names
- GT-6A:P
- International designator
- 1965-104A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1839
- GCAT identifier
- S01839
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.125
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Gemini
- Owner
- MSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- McDonnell Aircraft
- Platform (bus)
- Gemini
Launch
- Date
- December 15, 1965 · 13:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-104Success
- Rocket
- Titan II GLV
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC19
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 270 km
- Apogee
- 274 km
- Inclination
- 28.90°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 16, 1965
- Last known active
- Dec 16, 1965
- End of operations
- Dec 16, 1965
Size
- Mass
- 2,168 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,168 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 3,083 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 Q378306 (CC0).