USAF Titan IIIC OV2-3
Titan IIIC
Status
Success
Date
21 DEC 1965
14:00
Launch Provider
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Overview
The OV2 (Orbiting Vehicle 2) series satellites were originally built for project ARENTS (Advanced Research Environmental Test Satellite), which was intended to obtain supporting data for the Vela program. After the cancellation of the ARENTS program, the already built hardware was reused for OV2, a low-cost series of experimental satellites, which were to be launched for free on Titan-3C test flights to very different orbits.
Rocket
Titan IIIC
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
The Titan IIIC was an expendable launch system used by the United States Air Force from 1965 until 1982. It was the first Titan booster to feature large solid rocket motors and was planned to be used as a launcher for the Dyna-Soar, though the spaceplane was cancelled before it could fly. The majority of the launcher's payloads were DoD satellites, for military communications and early warning, though one flight (ATS-6) was performed by NASA. The Titan IIIC was launched exclusively from Cape Canaveral while its sibling, the Titan IIID, was launched only from Vandenberg AFB.
Height
42 m
Diameter
3 m
Launch Mass
626 T
Thrust
10,586 kN