NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

OV1-9/OV1-10

Launch Time
Sun Dec 11, 1966 21:09 UTC

Rocket

Atlas-D OV1
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,880 kN
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

OV1-9

Orbiting Vehicle 1-9 (also known as OV1-9), launched on 11 December 1966 along with OV1-10, was the ninth (sixth successful) satellite in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. OV1-9 recorded low-frequency radio emissions and particle radiation in Earth's exosphere; the satellite also collected data on the impact of long-term radiation on biological samples and tissue equivalents. OV1-9 returned the first proof that Earth has an electric field.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 104.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

OV1-10

Orbiting Vehicle 1-10 (also known as OV1-10), launched on 11 December 1966 along with OV1-9, was the tenth (seventh successful) satellite in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. Designed to observe atmospheric airglow, X-ray, and cosmic radiation, OV1-10 returned significant data on the Sun as well as on geophysical phenomena in Earth's magnetic field. OV1-10 reentered Earth's atmosphere on 30 November 2002.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 130.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-576B3, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

1966

122nd orbital launch attempt

Atlas-OV1

6th mission
3rd mission of 1966
3rd successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission