Titan II GLV | Gemini I

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
• Rocket: Titan II GLV — Titan family

Mission

Gemini 1 was the first mission in NASA's Gemini program. An uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft, its main objectives were to test the structural integrity of the new spacecraft and modified Titan II launch vehicle. It was also the first test of the new tracking and communication systems for the Gemini program and provided training for the ground support crews for the first crewed missions.

• Type: Test Flight
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 19
• Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Program

• Gemini — Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program. Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in 1961 and concluded in 1966. (Wikipedia)