Gemini 9A

Crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. Gemini 9A was launched on June 3, 1966 aboard a Titan II GLV from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jun 6, 1966).

COSPAR 1966-047ANORAD 2191United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: Gemini IX-A
Common name: Gemini 9A
Payload designation: Gemini SC9
Other names: GTA-9A:P
International designator: 1966-047A
NORAD catalog number: 2191
GCAT identifier: S02191
UN registration: A/AC.105/INF.141

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, 1966 · 13:39 UTC
Launch record: 1966-047Success
Rocket: Titan II GLV
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC19

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 272 km
Apogee: 274 km
Inclination: 28.86°
Status: Landed
Status date: June 6, 1966
Last known active: Jun 6, 1966
End of operations: Jun 6, 1966

Size

Mass: 2,210 kg
Dry mass: 2,210 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 3,921 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 Q519533 (CC0).