NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

OGO-5

Launch Time
Mon Mar 04, 1968 13:06 UTC

Rocket

Atlas-SLV3A Agena-D
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

OGO-5

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: 611.0 kg
Highly Elliptical Orbit

Location

LC-13, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1968

15th orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Agena

97th mission
1st mission of 1968
78th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission