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OAO 2
NASA space observatory launched in 1968. OAO 2 was launched on December 7, 1968 aboard a Atlas SLV-3C Centaur from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1968-110ANORAD 3597United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OAO 2
- Payload designation
- OAO A2
- International designator
- 1968-110A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3597
- GCAT identifier
- S03597
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.201
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OAO
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Grummann Aerospace Corporation
- Platform (bus)
- OAO
Launch
- Date
- December 7, 1968 · 08:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-110Success
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 768 km
- Apogee
- 778 km
- Inclination
- 35.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 14, 1973
- End of operations
- Feb 14, 1973
Size
- Mass
- 2,018 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,018 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 6.4 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q15261041 (CC0).