United States Air Force
OV2-5
Titan IIIC
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, September 26, 1968 · 07:37 UTC
Mission
/01The OV2 (Orbiting Vehicle 2) series satellites were originally built for project ARENTS (Advanced Research Environmental Test Satellite), which was intended to obtain supporting data for the Vela program. After the cancellation of the ARENTS program, the already built hardware was reused for OV2, a low-cost series of experimental satellites, which were to be launched for free on Titan-3C test flights to very different orbits.
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Titan IIIC
Variant: IIIC
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.583° N, 80.583° W
8
Pad Launches
222
Location Launches
463
Agency Launches
92
Orbital This Year