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OSO 2
Solar space observatory. OSO 2 was launched on February 3, 1965 aboard a Thor Delta C from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Aug 9, 1989).
COSPAR 1965-007ANORAD 987United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OSO 2
- Payload designation
- OSO B2
- Other names
- NASA S-17:P
- International designator
- 1965-007A
- NORAD catalog number
- 987
- GCAT identifier
- S00987
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.099
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OSO
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ball Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- OSO
Launch
- Date
- February 3, 1965 · 16:36 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-007Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta C
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 549 km
- Apogee
- 628 km
- Inclination
- 32.85°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- August 9, 1989
- Last known active
- Jun 6, 1966
- End of operations
- Jun 6, 1966
Size
- Mass
- 236 kg
- Dry mass
- 236 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 2.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11798908 (CC0).