ATS-1
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| Periods | 24 hours |
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| Launch date | December 7, 1966 |
| Manufacturers | Hughes Aircraft Company |
| Rocket | Atlas-Agena |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12 |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2288175 |
About ATS-1
ATS-1 was the first experimental equatorial synchronous satellite. Though intended as a communications satellite rather than as a weather satellite, it carried the Spin Scan Cloud Camera developed by Verner E. Suomi and Robert Parent at the University of Wisconsin.
