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OSO 1
Solar space observatory. OSO 1 was launched on March 7, 1962 aboard a Thor Delta from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 8, 1981).
COSPAR 1962 ZET 1NORAD 255United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OSO 1
- Payload designation
- NASA S-16
- Other names
- OSO A:P
- International designator
- 1962 ZET 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 255
- GCAT identifier
- S00255
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.003
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OSO
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ball Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- OSO
Launch
- Date
- March 7, 1962 · 16:06 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 ZETSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Delta
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 546 km
- Apogee
- 601 km
- Inclination
- 32.83°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 8, 1981
- Last known active
- Aug 3, 1963
- End of operations
- Aug 3, 1963
Size
- Mass
- 208 kg
- Dry mass
- 208 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 2.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16325215 (CC0).