United States Air Force
OV1-11,12,86
SM-65D Atlas
FAILURE
Failure
Thursday, July 27, 1967 · 19:00 UTC
Mission
/01The OV1 (Orbiting Vehicle 1) were small research satellite to be launched piggy back on Atlas ICBM test flights. They consisted in general of the OV1 satellite and the OV1-PM propulsion module (or upper stage) to reach orbit.
Mission Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
SM-65D Atlas
Variant: D
Launch Pad
576B3
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.790° N, 120.598° W
7
Pad Launches
271
Location Launches
409
Agency Launches
81
Orbital This Year