Friday, July 10, 1992

GATV-6

  1966-080A


TDA 6, aboard Gemini Agena Target Vehicle 5006, was the target for Gemini 11 in Sep 1966.


TDA 6 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Sep 12  1305:02  Launch from LC14 
  T+2:11 BECO 
  T+2:14 Booster sep-5948 x 128 x 29.01  
  T+4:40 SECO 
  T+4:48 VECO 
  T+5:01 Atlas sep  -4404 x 292 x 29.00  
  T+5:54 Agena SPS burn 
  T+6:13 Agena PPS burn, SPS cutoff 
  T+6:23 Fairing 
 1314:20  T+9:18 PPS cutoff  90.46 289 x 306 x 28.84 
 1607  Rendezvous by GTA 11 
 1616:42  Docked with TDA 
 1652  Undocked 
 1801Docked 
 1806Undocked  
 1840Docked 
 2130Undocked  
 2135Docked 
 1911:14  Plane change/cal burn (docked PPS 3s) 
  (72s 33m/s per MR tab 4.3.7) 
1966 Sep 14  0712:31  Raise apogee (docked PPS 25s) 280m/s 94s 289 x 1373 x 29? 
 1035:21  Lower apogee (docked PPS 22s) 280m/s 91s 286 x 304  
 1637:26  Undock Gemini from TDA, tether connected 
  Gravity gradient test 
 1940:26  Gemini jettisoned tether 
1966 Sep 14   
91.44 332 x 352 km x 28.84 
1966 Sep 15  0932  Gemini re-rendezvous with TDA/Agena 5006 
 0934:57  Gemini sep burn 1m/s 
1966 Sep 15  1814:52  SPS height adjust 14.5m/s 16s 
 1858:04  SPS height adjust 19.3m/s 21s 
1966 Sep 16  1058:24  SPS plane change 65.8m/s 69s  332 x 351 x 28.8 
1966 Sep 20  0100?  End of transmissions 
1966 Nov 8    90.77 309 x 315 x 28.8 
1966 Nov 11    90.72 303 x 316 x 28.8 
1966 Dec 23    89.25 229 x 245 x 28.8 
1966 Dec 28    88.38 194 x 194 x 28.8 
1966 Dec 30   Reentered 

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