Applications Technology Satellite 3
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Applications Technology Satellite 3, or ATS-3, was a long-lived American experimental geostationary weather and communications satellite, operated by NASA from 1967 to 2001. It was at one time reputed to be the oldest satellite still in operation. , NASA referred to the ATS-3 as "The oldest active communications satellite by a wide margin."
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Vinony's link graph records 97 inbound references to Applications Technology Satellite 3, and connects out to Environmental Research Satellite, geosynchronous orbit and Applications Technology Satellite.
Vinony files it under Applications Technology Satellites, Communications satellites and Derelict satellites orbiting Earth.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- weather satellite
- Operator
- NASA
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- Applications Technology Satellite 4
- Diameter
- 152.4
- Mass
- 365
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Aircraft Company
- Image
- Applications Technology Satellite 3 (ATS 3).png
- Height
- 182.9
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- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1967-11-05
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12
- Commons category
- ATS-3
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Applications Technology Satellite 3, or ATS-3, was a long-lived American experimental geostationary weather and communications satellite, operated by NASA from 1967 to 2001. It was at one time reputed to be the oldest satellite still in operation. , NASA referred to the ATS-3 as "The oldest active communications satellite by a wide margin."
On November 10, 1967, ATS-3 took NASA's first color photo (digital image mosaic) of the full-disk Earth, which was subsequently used on the cover of the first Whole Earth Catalog.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Applications Technology Satellite 3” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.