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15 December 1965, 13:37 UTC

Gemini VI-A (Gemini 6A)

Titan II GLVCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Drawing of the Titan II GLV for Gemini VI-A (Gemini 6A)

Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford. Titan II GLV from Cape Canaveral LC-19 launched on 15 December 1965 for a one-day LEO flight that achieved the first rendezvous between two crewed spacecraft, station-keeping with Gemini 7.

Outcome
Success
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth orbit
Payload to orbit
3.1 T (est.)
Flight
6th
of 11 Titan II GLV flights
Date and time
15 December 1965, 13:37 UTC
Builder
Martin
Launch site
Launch Complex 19, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Payload
Human Exploration
International designator
1965-104
Launches in 1965
115th of 124

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