Agena Target Vehicle

The Agena Target Vehicle, also known as Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle (GATV), was an uncrewed spacecraft used by NASA during its Gemini program to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques, and to perform large orbital changes, in preparation for the Apollo program lunar missions. The spacecraft was based on Lockheed Aircraft's Agena-D upper stage rocket, fitted with a docking target manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft. The name 'Agena' derived from the star Beta Centauri, also known as Agena. The combined spacecraft was a 26-foot (7.92 m)-long cylinder with a diameter of 5 feet (1.52 m), placed into low Earth orbit with the Atlas-Agena launch vehicle. It carried about 14,000 pounds (6,400 kg) of propellant and gas at launch, and had a gross mass at orbital insertion of about 7,200 pounds (3,300 kg).

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length 7.93 metre, diameter 1.52 metre, mass 1834 kilogram, mass 8209 kilogram, 
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Persia, Republic of Haiti, uncrewed spacecraft, Ekran, Dong Fang Hong 2, GATV 5002, Tarshish, Sweden, Sikh Confederacy, Reman, NASA, Kingdom of Wolaita, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Havilah, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chinland, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Ashkenaz, United States, 

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  GATV 5002 ⓘ
  Gemini 6 Agena Target Vehicle

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Edwin Aldrin underwater training 1966

Gemini docking system diagram

Agena ProductionLine CAL37

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	rocket	1965	GATV 5002	Agena Target Vehicle	Wikidata
commons	image		Edwin Aldrin underwater training 1966		Commons
commons	image		Gemini docking system diagram		Commons
commons	image		Agena ProductionLine CAL37		Commons
commons	image		Atlas Collection Image (21602337656)		Commons
commons	image		Atlas Collection Image (21602330986)		Commons
commons	image		Atlas Collection Image (21617087172)		Commons