Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

01:23:00

Saturday September 5, 1964

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

OGO 1

Wiki

Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO) Program of NASA refers to the six satellites launched by the United States that were in use from September 1964 to 1972, designed to study the Earth's magnetosphere. The satellites successfully studied the interactions between the Earth and the Sun, despite a number of technical problems.

Highly Elliptical Orbit

1 Payload

487 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas-LV3 Agena-B

Active 1961 to 1965


Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,725 kg

Stages

2

Launch Site

LC-12

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

32 days 4 hours

Stats

Atlas-Agena


42nd

Mission

10th

Mission of 1964

1964


64th

Orbital launch attempt