Applications Technology Satellite 3
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Applications Technology Satellite 3, or ATS-3, was a long-lived American experimental geostationary weather and communications satellite, operated by NASA from 1967 to 2001. It was at one time reputed to be the oldest satellite still in operation. , NASA referred to the ATS-3 as "The oldest active communications satellite by a wide margin."
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- Instance of
- weather satellite
- Operator
- NASA
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- Applications Technology Satellite 4
- Diameter
- 152.4
- Mass
- 365
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Aircraft Company
- Image
- Applications Technology Satellite 3 (ATS 3).png
- Height
- 182.9
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- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1967-11-05
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12
- Commons category
- ATS-3
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
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Applications Technology Satellite 3, or ATS-3, was a long-lived American experimental geostationary weather and communications satellite, operated by NASA from 1967 to 2001. It was at one time reputed to be the oldest satellite still in operation. , NASA referred to the ATS-3 as "The oldest active communications satellite by a wide margin."
On November 10, 1967, ATS-3 took NASA's first color photo (digital image mosaic) of the full-disk Earth, which was subsequently used on the cover of the first Whole Earth Catalog.
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