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OV1-12
US Air Force satellite. OV1-12 was launched on July 27, 1967 aboard a Atlas D from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jul 22, 1980).
COSPAR 1967-072DNORAD 2901United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OV1-12
- Payload designation
- OV1-12S
- Other names
- FARO
- International designator
- 1967-072D
- NORAD catalog number
- 2901
- GCAT identifier
- S02901
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.179
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV1 F
- Owner
- USAF OAR
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- General Dynamics/Convair Division (Plant 19)
- Platform (bus)
- OV1
Launch
- Date
- July 27, 1967 · 19:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1967-072Partial · 0.66
- Rocket
- Atlas D
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad ABRESB3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 538 km
- Apogee
- 555 km
- Inclination
- 101.61°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- July 22, 1980
- Last known active
- 1968
- End of operations
- 1968
Size
- Mass
- 141 kg
- Dry mass
- 141 kg
- Length
- 1.4 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 1.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113251550 (CC0).