Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
GSO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sat, 10 Aug 1968 22:33:02 GMT
Orbital launch #
#865 ever
Mission
ATS 4 was a satellite designed to test gravity gradient stabilization at synchronous altitude. It failed to reach the desired altitude, thus was not able to fulfill its mission objectives.