USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D OAO 1

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D OAO 1
Start: 1966-04-08T19:35:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 12

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Status

Success

Date

8 APR 1966

19:35

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 12

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Mission Type

Planetary Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

36 m

Diameter

3 m

Launch Mass

155 T

Thrust

1,340 kN