USAF SM-65D Atlas OV1-1
SM-65D Atlas
Status
Failure
Date
21 JAN 1965
21:34
Mission Overview
The OV1 (Orbiting Vehicle 1) were small research satellite to be launched piggy back on Atlas ICBM test flights. They consisted in general of the OV1 satellite and the OV1-PM propulsion module (or upper stage) to reach orbit.
Rocket
SM-65D Atlas
Mission Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
1
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile. Atlas D was first used as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to deliver a nuclear weapon payload on a suborbital trajectory. It was later developed as a launch vehicle to carry a payload to low Earth orbit on its own, and later to geosynchronous orbit, to the Moon, Venus, or Mars with the Agena or Centaur upper stage.
Height
25.15 m
Diameter
3 m
Launch Mass
119 T
Thrust
1,880 kN