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ATS-6

ATS-6 (Applications Technology Satellite-6) was a NASA experimental satellite, built by Fairchild Space and Electronics Division It has been called the world's first educational satellite as well as world's first experimental Direct Broadcast Satellite as part of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment between NASA and Indian Space Research…

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Apogee altitude
35,444 kilometers (22,024 mi)
Bus
ATS-6 Bus
COSPAR ID
1974-039A
Deactivated
June 30, 1979 (1979-07-01)
Inclination
13.1º
Launch date
May 30, 1974, 23:37:00 (1974-05-30UTC23:37Z) UTC

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Launch

Structure, power subsystem and antenna

Payload

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ATS-6

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Triples147
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
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ATS-6

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related to Telecommunication experiments · 43
ATS-6 → After, Apollo-Soyuz, Arthur, August, C-band, Clarke, DHHS, DTH, During, East, Education, GHz, Health, HET, India, Indian, Indian Government, Indian Space Agency, INSAT IB, ISRO
related to Structure, power subsystem and antenna · 31
ATS-6 → Bill Wade, Campbell, CFRP, Colin, Dacron, Deployment, Electric, Fairchild, Fairchild Aerospace, Farchild, GKC, It, LMSC, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Missiles, Nickel, One, S-Band, Silver Hill, Smithsonian
related to Three-axis stabilisation · 13
ATS-6 → Actuators, Earth, Earth-orbit, Furthermore, It, July, One, Polaris, S-band RF, Sun, TDRSS, The, This
related to External links · 10
ATS-6 → ATS, Mission Information Archived April, Orbit, Propagation, SatellitesATS-6, Scientific, Telecommunications, Television, Volume, Wayback MachineATS-6 Gunter's
related to Electric propulsion · 9
ATS-6 → ATS, Each, GHz, However, MHz, North-South Station Keeping, The, This, Unfortunately
related to Radiometer · 5
ATS-6 → Images, It, Several, The IR, This
related to Launch · 4
ATS-6 → May, The, This, Titan III-C
related to Particle physics experiments · 4
ATS-6 → MeV, Several, The, This
related to Decommissioning · 2
ATS-6 → By June, This
related to Propagation experiments · 2
ATS-6 → Finally, GHz

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orbit satellite spacecraft geostationary experiments also radiometer launch first antenna several electric experiment two used lb satellites power 30 time

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ATS-6Apogee altitude35,444 kilometers (22,024 mi)1.00infobox
ATS-6BusATS-6 Bus1.00infobox
ATS-6COSPAR ID1974-039A1.00infobox
ATS-6DeactivatedJune 30, 1979 (1979-07-01)1.00infobox
ATS-6Inclination13.1º1.00infobox
ATS-6Launch dateMay 30, 1974, 23:37:00 (1974-05-30UTC23:37Z) UTC1.00infobox
ATS-6Launch mass930.0 kilograms (2,050.3 lb)1.00infobox
ATS-6Launch siteCape Canaveral LC-401.00infobox
ATS-6ManufacturerFairchild Aircraft1.00infobox
ATS-6Mission duration5 years1.00infobox
ATS-6Mission typeCommunications Technology1.00infobox
ATS-6OperatorNASA1.00infobox
ATS-6Perigee altitude35,184 kilometers (21,862 mi)1.00infobox
ATS-6Period1,412 minutes1.00infobox
ATS-6Power645 W1.00infobox
ATS-6Reference systemGeocentric1.00infobox
ATS-6RegimeGSO1.00infobox
ATS-6RocketTitan-3(23)C (3C-27)1.00infobox
ATS-6SATCAT no.073181.00infobox
ATS-6Semi-major axis41,691.1 kilometres (25,905.6 mi)1.00infobox

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