In orbitRocket body

ATS 5 AKM

NORAD: 21052
COSPAR: 1969-069C

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Spacecraft

Built by: Jet Propulsion Lab
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): JPL SR-28-3
Mass at launch: 386 kg
Dry mass: 39 kg
Length: 1.4 m
Diameter: 0.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.4 m
Shape: Cyl + Nozzle

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S21052, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1969-08-12
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
Flight: ATS 5
Mission name: ATS E
Launch site: CC, LC36A
Launched by: NASA Lewis Research Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1969-069

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1969-069, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1969-08-12
Period: 1466.7 min
Inclination: 0.22°
Apogee: 36,949 km
Perigee: 35,816 km
Radar cross-section: 0.317 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: ATS 5 (NORAD 4068)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 2 still in orbit