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OV1-6
US Air Force satellite. OV1-6 was launched on November 3, 1966 aboard a Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Dec 31, 1966).
COSPAR 1966-099CNORAD 2527United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OV1-6S
- Common name
- OV1-6
- International designator
- 1966-099C
- NORAD catalog number
- 2527
- GCAT identifier
- S02527
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.154
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning, Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- OV1 X
- Owner
- USAF OAR
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- General Dynamics/Convair Division (Plant 19)
- Platform (bus)
- OV1
Launch
- Date
- November 3, 1966 · 13:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 1966-099Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIIC
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 289 km
- Apogee
- 292 km
- Inclination
- 32.84°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- December 31, 1966
- Last known active
- November 1966
- End of operations
- November 1966
Size
- Mass
- 198 kg
- Dry mass
- 198 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 202 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 Q109535575 (CC0).