Atlas F/PTS
Launch vehicle · USA
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American orbital launch vehicle. Atlas F + 1 x Star 37E upper stage.
LEO Payload: 295 kg (650 lb). Payload: 295 kg (650 lb) to a GTO.
More at: Atlas F/PTS.
Related
- Family
- orbital launch vehicle
- Country
- USA
- Spacecraft
- NTS
- Projects
- Navstar
- Launch Sites
- Vandenberg, Vandenberg SLC3W
- Stages
- Atlas E/F, Atlas MA-3, Star 37E
- Agency
- Convair
Chronology
1 event
1974 July 14
05:17 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC3W. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas F/PTS.- NTS 1 - .
Payload: Timation 3 / OPS 7518 / P73-3. Mass: 293 kg (645 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF.
Program: Navstar.
Class: Technology.
Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: NTS.
USAF Sat Cat: 7369 . COSPAR: 1974-054A. Apogee: 13,774 km (8,558 mi). Perigee: 13,446 km (8,354 mi). Inclination: 125.20 deg. Period: 468.70 min.
Space Test Program flight P73-3 was launched from the Western Test Range, and the payload - Navy Navigation Technology Satellite #1 (NTS-1) - was successfully placed into orbit. Demonstrated navigation technologies leading eventually to Navstar/GPS system. Operated for 5 years.