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Here are details about a : Space commemorative cover or Space Cover.
Kosmodrom / Plats : USA
Stämpeldatum: 16 Mar. 1966 Händelsetyp : Uppskjutning Startplatta / Plats : USA KSC (FL) Bemannad / Robotisk Mission : Robotisk Uppdragsmål/Typ : Experimentell / Vetenskap
SCIENCE
ou?/where?: au sol - ground
autographe?: non - none
Beskrivning : Cap Canaveral post stamp and Agena 8 target.
The Gemini Agena Target Vehicle was designed to be launched into Earth orbit prior to a Gemini mission and used for rendezvous and docking practice. The GATV
had a docking cone at the forward end into which the nose of the Gemini spacecraft
could be inserted and held with docking latches. The GATV was a 6 meter long
cylinder with a diameter of 4.9 meters. The primary and secondary propulsion
systems were at the back end of the target vehicle with the attitude control gas
tanks and the main propellant tanks.