United States Air Force

OV1-13 & 14

SM-65F Atlas

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, April 6, 1968 · 09:59 UTC

Mission

/01

The 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 Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

SM-65F Atlas

Variant: F

Launch Pad

576A2

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.739° N, 120.621° W

1

Pad Launches

293

Location Launches

443

Agency Launches

28

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