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Success
Fri Apr 08 1966
United States Air Force

OAO 1

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Description:

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Planetary Science
  • 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 12