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The result was the Atlas LV-3 Agena D, a standardized version of the Atlas D core and Agena B which would be the same on every launch (at least as far as the Atlas was concerned, Agena Ds often still had customized setups, especially for DoD payloads). The Agena D first flew in July 1963, starting a series of 15 successful launches for NASA and ...
The Agena-D was used to launch KH-7 GAMBIT and KH-8 Gambit 3 reconnaissance satellites, three Mariner probes to Venus and the two Mariner space probes to Mars. Thor-Agena flew for the last time in 1972 when it launched a KH-4B satellite. The last Atlas-Agena used an Agena D stage atop a refurbished Atlas F missile to launch Seasat in 1978 ...
Atlas-Agena D SLV-3 7124 VAFB SLC-4E KH-7 Gambit 4034 Optical reconnaissance LEO: Success 1966-11-06 23:21 Atlas-Agena D SLV-3 5802 CCAFS LC-13 Lunar Orbiter 2: Lunar orbiter HEO: Success 1966-11-11 19:08 Atlas-Agena D SLV-3 5307 CCAFS LC-14 GATV 5001: Docking target vehicle LEO: Success Used as the docking target for Gemini 12. 1966-12-05 21:09
Final flight of standard Atlas-Agena 1978-05-13 10:34 Atlas E/F-SVS: 49F VAFB SLC-3E: GPS-2: Navigation satellite MEO: Success 1978-05-20 13:13:00 Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D AC-50 CCAFS LC-36A: Pioneer Venus Orbiter: Venus probe Heliocentric: Success 1978-06-27 01:12 Atlas E/F-Agena D: 23F VAFB SLC-3W: Seasat: Remote sensing LEO: Success Final Atlas ...
The standard Atlas-Agena vehicle is best known for launching the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) in support of the Gemini 9A mission. This occurred on 1 June 1966, and was the first flight of the Atlas SLV-3 as an independent vehicle. [6] The ATDA failed because the payload shroud did not detach. [7]
Falcon 1 on Pad 3W.. SLC-3W was originally built for Atlas-Agena launches and the first flight off the pad was the launch of Samos 1 on October 11, 1960. The facility was extensively damaged 11 months later when Samos 3's booster exploded on the pad, but it was repaired quickly and hosted its next launch slightly under two months afterwards.
The Agena Target Vehicle (/ ə ˈ dʒ iː n ə /; ATV), also known as Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle (GATV), was an uncrewed spacecraft used by NASA during its Gemini program to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques, and to perform large orbital changes, in preparation for the Apollo program lunar missions. [1]
This is a list of launches made by the Atlas rocket family, derived from the SM-65 Atlas ICBM. The currently operational variant, Atlas V, has flown 81 consecutive missions without failure between October 2007 and January 2022. Due to the size of the list, it has been split by decade: List of Atlas launches (1957–1959)