Gemini 5, crewed by Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad. Titan II GLV from Cape Canaveral LC-19 launched on 21 August 1965 for an eight-day LEO endurance flight proving fuel cells and long-duration operations needed for Apollo; planned REP rendezvous was cancelled after electrical problems.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 4th
- of 11 Titan II GLV flights
- Date and time
- 21 August 1965, 14:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan II GLV
- Builder
- Martin
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 19, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1965-068
- Launches in 1965
- 76th of 124
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