United States Air Force

OV1-4 & 5

SM-65D Atlas

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, March 30, 1966 · 09:20 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-65D Atlas

Variant: D

Launch Pad

576B3

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.790° N, 120.598° W

4

Pad Launches

209

Location Launches

312

Agency Launches

29

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