NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

OGO-3

Launch Time
Tue Jun 07, 1966 02:48 UTC

Rocket

Atlas-SLV3 Agena-B
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

OGO-3

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 515.0 kg
Highly Elliptical Orbit

Location

LC-12, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1966

56th orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Agena

72nd mission
10th mission of 1966
55th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission