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OSO 3
Solar space observatory. OSO 3 was launched on March 8, 1967 aboard a Thor Delta C from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 4, 1982).
COSPAR 1967-020ANORAD 2703United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OSO 3
- Payload designation
- OSO E1
- International designator
- 1967-020A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2703
- GCAT identifier
- S02703
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.163
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OSO
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ball Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- OSO
Launch
- Date
- March 8, 1967 · 16:12 UTC
- Launch record
- 1967-020Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta C
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 537 km
- Apogee
- 565 km
- Inclination
- 32.87°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- April 4, 1982
- Last known active
- Nov 10, 1969
- End of operations
- Nov 10, 1969
Size
- Mass
- 284 kg
- Dry mass
- 284 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 Q7073037 (CC0).