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Satellite Programme:
Application Technology Satellite
Programme details
Programme description
Series of 6 satellites (three, ATS-2, ATS-4 and ATS-5, actually failed to achieve the orbit) for technological demonstration of imagery from GEO, and telecommunication experiments.
USA programme: NASA responsible of development and operations.
ATS-1 and ATS-3 spinning satellites; ATS-2, ATS-4 and ATS-5 stabilised by gravity gradient, ATS-6 actively stabilised over 3-axes.
Design lifetime 2 years.
Geostationary orbit over longitudes changing during the satellite exploitation phase.
See detailed description at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/SpacecraftQuery.jsp .
Data circulation
Mission operated by NASA, with direct data reception also available to NOAA.
Agencies
NASA
Programme lifetime
1966 - 1979
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
Application Technology Satellite
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int . Please read more via the link here .