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OV1-15
OV1-15, also referred to as Solar Perturbation of Atmospheric Density Experimental Satellite, was designed to study synoptically the fluctuations of atmospheric density, composition, and temperature as a function of solar magnetospheric disturbances.. OV1-15 was launched on July 11, 1968 aboard a Atlas F from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 6, 1968).
COSPAR 1968-059ANORAD 3318United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OV1-15
- Payload designation
- OV1-15S
- Other names
- SPADES
- International designator
- 1968-059A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3318
- GCAT identifier
- S03318
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.196
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 11, 1968 · 19:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-059Success
- Rocket
- Atlas F
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad ABRESA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 147 km
- Apogee
- 1,544 km
- Inclination
- 89.85°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- November 6, 1968
- Last known active
- Nov 6, 1968
- End of operations
- Nov 6, 1968
Size
- Mass
- 214 kg
- Dry mass
- 214 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 Q113148166 (CC0).