Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

02:48:00

Tuesday June 7, 1966

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Mission Details

OGO-3

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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.

Highly Elliptical Orbit

1 Payload

515 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas-SLV3 Agena-B

Active in 1966


Stages

2

Launch Site

LC-12

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

32 days 4 hours

Stats

Atlas-Agena


72nd

Mission

10th

Mission of 1966

1966


56th

Orbital launch attempt