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OGO 1
American geophysical research satellite. OGO 1 was launched on September 5, 1964 aboard a Atlas Agena B from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Sep 6, 1964).
COSPAR 1964-054ANORAD 879United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OGO 1
- Payload designation
- OGO A
- Other names
- NASA S-49:P
- International designator
- 1964-054A
- NORAD catalog number
- 879
- GCAT identifier
- S00879
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.082
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- EGO
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- OGO
Launch
- Date
- September 5, 1964 · 01:23 UTC
- Launch record
- 1964-054Success
- Rocket
- Atlas Agena B
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC12
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- DSO
- Perigee
- 1,289 km
- Apogee
- 148,412 km
- Inclination
- 32.34°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- September 6, 1964
- Last known active
- Feb 15, 1972
- End of operations
- Feb 15, 1972
Size
- Mass
- 487 kg
- Dry mass
- 487 kg
- Length
- 1.7 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 12.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00051
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- September 6, 1964
- Phase outcome
- Reentered (orbital decay) · August 29, 2020
- Destination
- 151W 15S
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11798906 (CC0).