flown missionSuccess
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | OAO 1
United States Air ForceLaunch Complex 12 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- OAO 1
- Type
- Planetary Science
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
OAO 1 (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 1) was a solar-cell-powered satellite instrumented to make precision astronomical observations and to measure the absorption and emission characteristics of the stars, planets, nebulae, and the interplanetary and interstellar media from visible to gamma-ray regions.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- SLV-3 Agena D
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 12
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4806, -80.5419