ATS 6

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General

Designation	07318 / 74039A
Launch date	30 May 1974
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	95°W
Launch vehicle	Titan 3 #78
Mass at launch	930 kg

Numerous telecommunications experiments were carried out. With the satellite's 9 m antenna only small Earth antennas were needed. Scholar TV was provided to american children in the Rockies and Alaska. It was also used by SITE (Satellite Instructional Television Experiment) in 1975 to try and solve educational problems of India (half success). It also enabled communications between 2 unmanned spacecrafts.

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External resources

http://sulu.lerc.nasa.gov/dglover/ats6.html

http://uss-enterprise.bu.edu/BUSPACE/ATS6/ats6.html

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End of life

Out of service

30 Jun 1979

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External resources

sat-index articles

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