flown missionSuccess
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | OAO 2
United States Air ForceLaunch Complex 36B — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- OAO 2
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
OAO 2 (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory), also known as Stargazer, was one of a series of automated astronomical observatories that was ground controllable in orientation and was placed in a low-earth orbit.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- SLV-3C Centaur
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36B
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4706, -80.5422