Launch Partial Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
14:00:01
Tuesday December 21, 1965
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Third burn of the Transtage failed, and payloads failed to achieve GTO. OV2-3 failed to separate from the Transtage.
OSCAR IV (a.k.a. OSCAR 4) is the fourth amateur radio satellite launched by Project OSCAR and the first targeted for Geostationary orbit.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
18 Payloads
1 kilograms
Orbiting Vehicle or OV, originally designated SATAR, was a series of American satellites operated by the US Air Force.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
193 kilograms
The Lincoln Experimental Satellite series was designed and built by Lincoln Laboratory at MIT between 1965 and 1976, under USAF sponsorship, for testing devices and techniques for satellite communication.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
2 Payloads
68 kilograms
Manufacturer
US Air ForceRocket
Height: 42m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 13,100 kg
GTO: 3,000 kg
Liftoff Thrust
13,642 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
2
7th
Mission
5th
Mission of 1965
119th
Orbital launch attempt