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GATV 5004

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time17 May 196615:15 UTC

failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: 5303

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.

Rocket AtlasAgena D SLV-3

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-14USA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
GATV 5004Docking target vehicle--