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OSO 6
Solar space observatory. OSO 6 was launched on August 9, 1969 aboard a Thor Delta N from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 7, 1981).
COSPAR 1969-068ANORAD 4065United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OSO 6
- Payload designation
- OSO G
- International designator
- 1969-068A
- NORAD catalog number
- 4065
- GCAT identifier
- S04065
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.217
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OSO
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ball Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- OSO
Launch
- Date
- August 9, 1969 · 07:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 1969-068Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta N
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 490 km
- Apogee
- 556 km
- Inclination
- 32.96°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- March 7, 1981
- Last known active
- January 1972
- End of operations
- January 1972
Size
- Mass
- 290 kg
- Dry mass
- 290 kg
- Length
- 1.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 2.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16325219 (CC0).