Atlas-D OV1 | OV1-1

Launch Time
Thu Jan 21, 1965 21:34 UTC

PU valve set wrong, high fuel consumption led to premature sustainer cutoff; satellite deployment failed. First launch of Atlas-D OV1.

Atlas-D OV1

Image Credit: USAF or NASA

General Dynamics

Status: Retired

Liftoff Thrust: 1,880 kN

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Details

4th orbital launch attempt

1st mission

1st mission of 1965

1st failed mission