Agena Target Vehicle

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The Agena Target Vehicle was an unmanned spacecraft used during NASA's Gemini program to practice rendezvous and docking maneuvers in Earth orbit.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf spacecraft ⓘ
target vehicle ⓘ
uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ
upper stage derivative ⓘ
control ground-commanded ⓘ
onboard guidance-controlled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
developedFrom Lockheed Agena upper stage ⓘ
era 1960s ⓘ
firstSuccessfulDockingDate 1966-03-16 ⓘ
firstSuccessfulDockingWith Gemini 8 spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Gemini 8
followedBy Apollo docking targets ⓘ
hasCapability attitude control ⓘ
orbit change maneuvers ⓘ
serving as docking target ⓘ
hasComponent attitude control system ⓘ
docking adapter ⓘ
guidance system ⓘ
propulsion system ⓘ
launchVehicle Atlas rocket ⓘ
Atlas-Agena ⓘ
manufacturer Lockheed ⓘ
missionProfile launched before crewed Gemini spacecraft for rendezvous ⓘ
missionType rendezvous and docking target ⓘ
notableEvent first docking of two crewed-orbital-operations-capable spacecraft with Gemini 8 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbit low Earth orbit ⓘ
partOf Gemini rendezvous and docking program ⓘ
linked to: Gemini program
powerSource batteries ⓘ
precededBy earlier Agena upper stage variants ⓘ
program Project Gemini ⓘ
propellantType hypergolic propellants ⓘ
spaceAgency National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ
linked to: NASA
status retired ⓘ
usedByProgram Gemini program ⓘ
usedFor docking practice ⓘ
orbital maneuvers training ⓘ
rendezvous practice ⓘ
testing high-apogee orbits with Gemini 11 ⓘ
testing tethered operations with Gemini 11 ⓘ
usedForTesting rendezvous techniques later used in Apollo program ⓘ
usedOnMission Gemini 10 ⓘ
Gemini 11 ⓘ
Gemini 12 ⓘ
Gemini 6A ⓘ
Gemini 8 ⓘ
Gemini 9A ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gemini 8 → dockingTarget → Agena Target Vehicle ⓘ
Gemini 8 → dockingTarget → Gemini Agena Target Vehicle 8 ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Gemini 12 → dockedWith → Agena Target Vehicle GATV-12 ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Gemini 6A → targetVehiclePlanned → Agena target vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Gemini 11 → dockingTarget → Agena Target Vehicle ⓘ
Gemini spacecraft → dockingTarget → Agena target vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Atlas-Agena → rocketFamily → Agena family ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Gemini 10 → dockedWith → Agena Target Vehicle GATV-10 ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Gemini 10 → rendezvousedWith → Agena Target Vehicle GATV-10 ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Gemini 10 → rendezvousedWith → Agena Target Vehicle GATV-8 ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Gemini 10 → performedDocking → Agena Target Vehicle GATV-10 ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Project Gemini → usedTargetVehicle → Agena target vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Augmented Target Docking Adapter → basedOn → Agena target vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Augmented Target Docking Adapter → connectedTo → Agena target vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Gemini 9 → plannedTargetVehicle → Gemini Agena Target Vehicle (GATV-5004) ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle
Lockheed Agena upper stage → variant → Agena D ⓘ
linked to: Agena Target Vehicle