ATS 5
Operator: United States · Also known as: Advanced Technology Satellite 5
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About This Satellite
ATS 5 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 4068 with international designator 69069A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by HSES, on the HS-306 platform, with a launch mass of about 453 kg, with a shape described as Cyl. It is associated with US. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its GEO orbit had an apogee of about 36.036 km and a perigee near 35.989 km, with an inclination of 0.35° and a period of roughly 1447.3 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 3.07 km/s. It was launched on 1969-08-12. Alternative names include Advanced Technology Satellite 5. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, ATS 5's apogee was 36.036 km, where its speed was about 3.07 km/s, completing about 1.0 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.