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... Cape Kennedy by an Atlas-Agena B . Seven minutes after lift-off, the spacecraft and the Agena stage went into a parking orbit some 115 mi. above Africa; the Agena engines were cut off ... pull of the earth's gravity. Several minutes after injection, RANGER VIII was separated from Agena , which entered an elliptical orbit. About an hour after launch, RANGER VIII received and obeyed ...

... hydraulic system. ''(UPI, Wash, Post, 5/11/63)'' USAF announced launching of unidentified satellite using Atlas­-Agena booster launched from Pt. Arguello, Calif . ''(UPI, Wash. Post, 5/11/63)'' USAF placed into ... 50-lb. Project West Ford satellite, launched picka­back aboard an unidentified satellite using an Atlas-Agena B booster. TRS's were to measure solar cell radiation damage. West Ford satellite was ...

... Release 63-151)'' USAF launched unidentified satellite using Atlas-Agena D launch vehicle from Pt. Arguello, Calif . This was the 100th launch of an Agena space vehicle, the first having been launched on ... . Army announced Nike-Zeus antimissile missile fired from Kwajalein Island had successfully intercepted target from Atlas ICBM fired from California 5,000 mi. over Pacific Ocean. ''(DOD Release 988-63)'' July ...

... launched at dusk the previous evening. ''(Wallops Release 64-71; NASA Release 64-260)'' USAF Atlas-Agena D space booster was launched from Vandenberg AFB , Calif., with undisclosed payload. ''(AP, Wash. Post ... , a system could have been operating now. . . ." Subcommittee also recommended DOD begin comsat program using Atlas-Agena satellite booster instead of Titan III-C experimental launch vehicle. ''(Finney, NYT, 10/9/64 ...

... successfully launched into interplanetary orbit from Cape Kennedy , Fla. by an Atlas-Agena D launch vehicle. The Agena D separated from the Atlas 115 mi. up and injected itself into a parking orbit around ...

... Kennedy by an Atlas-Agena B. After the Agena had carried the 800-lb. RANGER IX into 115-mi.-altitude parking orbit with 17,500 mph orbital speed, the Agena engines were cut off. Second burn of the Agena lasted about 90 sec., increasing the velocity to about 24,525 ...

... the OV1-IV and OV1-V scientific satellites into circular orbits from Vandenberg AFB with Atlas-Agena D booster. OV1-IV satellite bore photosynthetic organisms to determine effects of zero-g and ... , 4/1/66, 15)’’ USAF launched unidentified satellite from Western Test Range WTR with Thor-Agena D booster. ‘‘(US. Aeron. & Space Act., 1966, 149)’’ Addressing the American Astronautical Society AAS in ...

... and precipitating charged particles were obtained. ‘‘(NASA Rpt. SRL)’’ USAF launched two unidentified satellites with Atlas-Agena D booster from Western Test Range WTR . ‘‘(U.S. Aeron. & Space Act., 1966, 156)’’ GEMINI ... -15 GEMINI XI mission was released at MSC. One sequence showed Gordon straddling Agena to tie tether from Gemini Agena Target Vehicle GATV to GEMINI XI . Movie revealed Conrad had described scene ...

... :66-12-23.pdf Space News for this day. (2MB PDF) NASA announced Atlas-Centaur booster would replace Atlas-Agena for launching Orbiting Astronomical Observatory ( Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO ) satellites and Applications Technology ... as a fuel-was capable of boosting about 40 per cent greater payload than the Agena into near-earth orbit and about three times the payload on lunar trajectory. ''(NASA Release ...

... vehicle development, were forcing NASA to program 19(34 Mars probe for Atlas-Agena vehicle, New York Times reported. Use of Atlas-Agena would mean smaller payload, with about 60 lbs. of instruments instead ...

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