LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Mon Aug 21 1972

United States Air Force

Copernicus

Launch Successful

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

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Type

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Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur

Description:

The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Astrophysics
Third Orbiting Astronomical Observatory satellite, equipped with an UV telescope and three X-ray telescopes.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 36B