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OV1-14
(Orbiting Vehicle series 1, number 14) was a U. S. Air Force Office of Aerospace Research vehicle launched from Vandenberg AFB into a polar elliptical orbit for magnetospheric radiation experiments by an Atlas E/F rocket along with OV1-13.. OV1-14 was launched on April 6, 1968 aboard a Atlas F from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1968-026BNORAD 3174United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OV1-14
- Payload designation
- OV1-14S
- International designator
- 1968-026B
- NORAD catalog number
- 3174
- GCAT identifier
- S03174
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.191
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
- April 6, 1968 · 09:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-026Success
- Rocket
- Atlas F
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad ABRESA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 554 km
- Apogee
- 9,938 km
- Inclination
- 99.99°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Apr 13, 1968
- End of operations
- Apr 13, 1968
Size
- Mass
- 101 kg
- Dry mass
- 101 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 Q111854267 (CC0).