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GEMINI 1
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Gemini 1 was the first mission in NASA's Gemini program. An uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft, its main objectives were to test the structural integrity of the new spacecraft and modified Titan II launch vehicle. It was also the first test of the new tracking and communication systems for the Gemini program and provided training for the ground support crews for the first crewed missions.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 8, 1964 at 04:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan II GLV →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Gemini I
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 174 km
- Periapsis
- 138 km
- Inclination
- 32.54°
- Orbital period
- 87.6 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1964-018A
- NORAD catalog №
- 782
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- April 12, 1964
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- April 12, 1964
- Time in service
- 4 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed