Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
OAO-1
The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) satellites were a series of four American space observatories launched by NASA between 1966 and 1972, which provided the first high-quality observations of many objects in ultraviolet light. Although two OAO missions were failures, the success of the other two increased awareness within the astronomical community of the benefits of space-based observations, and led to the instigation of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,774.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-12, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1966
35th orbital launch attempt
Atlas-Agena
67th mission
5th mission of 1966
51st successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission