Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:06:00

Monday March 4, 1968

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Mission Details

OGO-5

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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

611 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas-SLV3A Agena-D

Active 1968 to 1978


Stages

2

Launch Site

LC-13

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

73 days 13 hours

Stats

Atlas-Agena


97th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1968

1968


15th

Orbital launch attempt