higher. This was to vacate the geostationary slot for the next satellite. See also 1974 in spaceflight Applications Technology Satellite References External links ATS 6 ATS 6 Mission Information ATS-6 Gunter's space page Experimental Satellites ATS-6 engineering performance report. Volume 2: Orbit and attitude controls ATS-6 engineering performance report. Volume 3: Telecommunications and power ATS-6 engineering performance report. Volume 4: Television experiments ATS-6 engineering performance report. Volume 5: Propagation experiments ATS-6 engineering performance report. Volume 6: Scientific experiments Weather satellites of the United States Spacecraft launched in 1974 1974 in spaceflight Applications Technology Satellites