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Satellite Fact Sheet
ATS 4
General
Designation
3344 / 68068A
Launch date
10 Aug 1968
Country of origin
United States
Mission
Technology
Perigee/Apogee
Inclination
Period
Launch vehicle
Atlas Centaur
#16
Partial launch failure, was to be geostationnary
End of life
Decay
17 Oct 1968
Technical data
to test gravity gradient stabilization at synchronous altitude
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