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Gemini 6
Crew
Schirra
Stafford
15 December 1965
13:37 GMT.
Duration
: 1.08 days.
Call Sign
: Gemini 6.
Backup Crew:
Grissom
,
Young
.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC19.
Launch Vehicle
:
Titan 2
.
LV Configuration
: Titan 2 GLV s/n GT-6. Program:
Gemini
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spacecraft.
Spacecraft
:
Gemini
.
Payload
: Gemini SC6.
Mass
: 3,546 kg.
Location of Spacecraft
: McDonnell Planetarium, Saint Louis, MO.
Perigee
: 258 km.
Apogee
: 271 km.
Inclination
: 28.9 deg.
Period
: 89.6 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
26
,
33
,
60
.
Gemini6 in orbit
- Gemini6 in orbit view j
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