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GEMINI 7

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Gemini 7 was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the fourth crewed Gemini flight, the twelfth crewed American spaceflight, and the twentieth crewed spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above the Kármán line. The crew of Frank Borman and Jim Lovell spent nearly 14 days in space, making a total of 206 orbits. Their spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.

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Launch

Launch date
December 4, 1965 at 07:30 PM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
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Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Gemini VII (Gemini 7)
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
300 km
Periapsis
292 km
Inclination
28.91°
Orbital period
90.44 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1965-100A
NORAD catalog №
1812
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 18, 1965

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 18, 1965
Time in service
14 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed