launched fromUSA

GATV 5004

Failure
MAY 17196615:15:00 UTC

Programmer servo-amplifier failure due to either cryo leakage or pinched wiring results in unplanned pitch-over just before BECO. Vehicle fell into the Atlantic Ocean. Was to be used as the docking target for Gemini 9.

launched fromLC-14Canaveral

aboardAtlas Agena D SLV-35303intoLEO

Payload

GATV 5004

Docking target vehicle