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Applications Technology
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This page contains philatelic information on the ATS (Applications Technology Satellite) series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Launch information (found in the geostationary weather satellites page) |
Launch covers, anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers (farther below) |
Postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| ATS | ATS | ATS |
Below is a list of ATS series postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number* | Type of Item** | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| ATS | ||||
| Australia | None | Cachet on cover | 1970 | ATS (in text only) |
| Central Africa Republic | 663 (BL283) | In (right) margin of SS1 | 1984 | ATS-2/4/5 (small image, adjacent to stamp) |
| Denmark | 627 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1979 | ATS-3 image |
| Ecuador | 772 (Mi1454) | 1969 | ATS-2/4/5 (not ATS-3)1 | |
| Ecuador | 772e (BL51) | Imperforate MS3 (772-772A + 772C) | ||
| Grenada | 494 (Mi520) | 1973 | ATS-3 | |
| Grenada | 567 (Mi594) | 1974 | ATS-1/3 | |
| Grenada Grenadines | 25 (Mi27) | 1974 | ATS-1/3 | |
| Grenada Grenadines | 25a | MS5 (5x 25 + label) | ||
| Hungary | 2667+label (Mi3459) | Single + label, see detail | 1980 | ATS-2/4/5 |
| Hungary | 2667 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Liberia | 665 (Mi909) 665 ds | Also imperforate deluxe sheet | 1974 | ATS-1/3 |
| Mongolia | C75 (Mi930) | 1975 | ATS-6 | |
| Panama | 490 (Mi1097) | 464 overprinted | 1968 | ATS-3 |
| Panama | 490A (Mi1098) | 464D overprinted | 1968 | ATS-3 |
| Panama | 490B (BL96a) i490B (BL96b) | MS2 (464B + 464E), 464f overprinted in gold, changed colors on imperforate | 1968 | ATS-3 |
| Panama | C366 (Mi1143) | 1969 | Early-Bird (not ATS-3)2 | |
| Panama | C366a (BL105) | SS1 (C366) | ||
| St. Lucia | 609 (Mi604) | 1983 | ATS-1/3 | |
| Tonga | 783b (Mi1176) | One of strip of 3 (783 (a-c)) | 1991 | ATS-6 |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover | 1968 | ATS-3 |
| Venezuela | 1184 (Mi2081) | 1978 | ATS-6 | |
| Venezuela | 1184 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel; "i" prefix denotes imperforate version.
**FDC = first day cover; SS# = souvenir sheet, MS# = miniature sheet, where # = number of stamps in sheet, and the numbers in parentheses are the catalog numbers of the stamps in the sheet.
1ATS-2/4/5, not ATS-3 as indicated on this item.
2Intelsat-1 / Early-Bird, not ATS-3 as indicated on this item.
Below is a list of ATS-series launch covers, anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers.
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| ATS-1 | ||||
| United States | 1966-12-06 | Kennecy Space Center FL | (Typed/rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ATS-1 launch |
| United States | 1966-12-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert | ATS-1 launch (ATS-2 image) |
| United States | 1966-12-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit) cachet on cover | ATS-1 launch |
| United States | 1966-12-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial?) cachet on cover | ATS-1 launch |
| United States | 1966-12-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ATS-1 launch |
| United States | 1966-12-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (HJM/typed) cachet on cover | ATS-1 launch |
| ATS-2 | ||||
| United States | 1967-04-05 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ATS-2 launch (ATS-1/3 image) |
| United States | 1967-04-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit) cachet on cover | ATS-2 launch |
| United States | 1967-04-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial?) cachet on cover | ATS-2 launch |
| United States | 1967-04-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (HJM/typed) cachet on cover | ATS-2 launch |
| United States | 1967-04-06 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ATS-2 launch |
| ATS-3 | ||||
| United States | 1967-11-05 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Dubeau rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ATS-3 launch |
| United States | 1967-11-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover | ATS-3 launch |
| United States | 1967-11-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit) cachet on cover | ATS-3 launch |
| United States | 1967-11-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial?) cachet on cover | ATS-3 launch |
| United States | 1967-11-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (HJM/typed) cachet on cover | ATS-3 launch |
| ATS-4 | ||||
| United States | 1968-08-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover | ATS-4 launch |
| United States | 1968-08-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial?) cachet on cover | ATS-4 launch |
| United States | 1968-08-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit) cachet on cover | ATS-4 ion engine test |
| ATS-5 | ||||
| Australia | 1969-08-12 | Darling Downs QLD | (Royal) cachet on cover | ATS-5 launch (Intelsat image) |
| United States | 1969-08-12 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover | ATS-5 launch |
| United States | 1969-08-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (?) cachet on cover | ATS-5 launch |
| United States | 1969-08-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial?) cachet on cover | ATS-5 launch |
| United States | 1969-08-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ATS-5 launch |
| United States | 1969-08-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ATS-5 launch (Apollo image) |
| United States | 1969-08-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on cover | ATS-5 launch |
| ATS-6 | ||||
| Spain | 1974-05-30 | Madrid | (NASA rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ATS-6 launch |
| United States | 1974-05-30 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC) cachet on cover | ATS-6 launch |
| United States | 1974-05-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | ATS-6 launch |
| United States | 1974-05-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit) cachet on cover | ATS-6 launch |
| United States | 1974-05-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial?) cachet on cover | ATS-6 launch |
| United States | 1974-05-30 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ATS-6 launch |
| United States | 1974-05-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS)1 cachet on cover | ATS-6 launch |
| United States | 1974-05-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SCCS) cachet on cover | ATS-6 launch |
| United States | 1974-05-30 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ATS-6 launch |
| United States | 1974-07-01 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Goldcraft) cachet on cover | ATS-6 first day of transmission |
1SCPS = Space Coast Philatelic Society
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