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OV1-16
US Air Force satellite. OV1-16 was launched on July 11, 1968 aboard a Atlas F from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Aug 19, 1968).
COSPAR 1968-059BNORAD 3319United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OV1-16
- Payload designation
- Cannonball
- Other names
- LOADS
- International designator
- 1968-059B
- NORAD catalog number
- 3319
- GCAT identifier
- S03319
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.196
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV1 A
- Owner
- USAF OAR
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- US Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories
- Platform (bus)
- LOADS
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)
- LLEO/P
- Perigee
- 142 km
- Apogee
- 530 km
- Inclination
- 89.80°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- August 19, 1968
- Last known active
- Aug 19, 1968
- End of operations
- Aug 19, 1968
Size
- Mass
- 273 kg
- Dry mass
- 273 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 0.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q123501618 (CC0).