NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

OFO 1 & RM 1

Launch Time
Mon Nov 09, 1970 06:00 UTC

Rocket

Scout B
NASA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 622 kN
Payload to LEO: 143 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 21.0 m

Mission Details

OFO 1

The OFO 1 (Orbiting Frog Otolith) satellite was a small life-science satellite instrumented to obtain the first direct recordings of otolith response during prolonged periods of weightlessness. In-dwelling microelectrodes were implanted in the vestibular nerves of two bullfrogs (Rana calestiana) to measure the bioelectric action potential in the animals during weightlessness and during repeated simulated gravity stimulus obtained by activation of a small centrifuge.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 133.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

RM 1

RM 1 (Radiation Meteroid) was a secondary payload on the OFO 1 launch to demonstrate the feasibility and accuracy of an advanced radiation dosimetry system and to verify in-flight improved instrumentation to measure meteoroid impact, flux, direction and speed.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 21.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LA-3, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Stats

1970

102nd orbital launch attempt

Scout

54th mission
2nd mission of 1970
41st successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission