Sunday, February 7, 1993

GATV-3

  1966-019A


GATV 5003 comprised Agena 5003 mated with the TDA 3 payload. After the Gemini 8 mission the Agena propulsion systems were used for several orbit-changing burns.


TDA 3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Mar 16  1500:03  Launch from LC14  
 1502:12  T+2:09 BECO 
 1502:14  T+2:11 58 km booster sep  -5954 x 124 x 28.8  
 1504:46  T+4:43 SECO 
 1505:07  T+5:04 VECO 
 1505:11  T+5:08 Atlas sep  -4398 x 293 x 29.0  
  -4406 x 288 x 28.85 (SR6)  
 1506:01  T+5:58 Agena SPS burn 
 1506:20  T+6:17 Agena PPS burn  -4401 x 294 x 29.0 
 1506:21  T+6:18 SPS shutdown 
 1506:29  T+6:26 Fairing 
 1509:23  T+9:20 PPS MECO, Orbit insertion  298 x 298 x 28.9  
  Rendezvous by Gemini 8 
 2315:24  Docking by Gemini 8 
 2357:14  Undocking  
   291 x 298 x 29.02 
1966 Mar 17  1423:49  PPS-1 Orbit raise  298 x 407 x 28.86 
1966 Mar 17  1944:37  PPS-2 Orbit raise 31m/s 407 x 407 x 28.88  
1966 Mar 18  0757:28  PPS-3 Plane change 488m/s  407 x 618 x 30.6  
 1242:25  PPS-4 Min impulse 29m/s 407 x 515 x 30.6 
 1620:21  PPS-5 Plane change 477 x 710 x 29.0 
 1927:54  PPS-6 HA  410 x 476 x 29.0 
 2320:10  PPS-7 HA  410 x 753 x 29.0 
1966 Mar 19  0409:01 PPS-8 HA  410 x 413 x 29.0  
 0911:49  SPS-II-1 Cal burn 21s  
1966 Mar 19  1120   407 x 411 x 28.9  
 1219:50  SPS-II-2 Inc adjust 50s  
1966 Mar 25  0300?  End of transmissions 
1966 Jul 20  2220?  Rendezvous by Gemini 10 
  EVA contact by Collins 
1966 Nov 4  1127   92.31 382 x 392 x 28.9 
1967 Jul 23    90.60 303 x 304 x 28.9 
1967 Sep 14    88.33 188 x 195 x 28.9 
1967 Sep 15  2010?  Reentered 

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