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OV2-1

US Air Force satellite. OV2-1 was launched on October 15, 1965 aboard a Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1965-082CNORAD 1641United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
OV2-1
International designator
1965-082C
NORAD catalog number
1641
GCAT identifier
S01641
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.120

Mission

Mission type
Space science
Use
Civil government
Program
OV2
Country
United States
Builder
Northrop Space Laboratories, Northrop Corp.
Platform (bus)
OV2

Launch

Date
October 15, 1965 · 17:23 UTC
Launch record
1965-082Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
734 km
Apogee
766 km
Inclination
32.27°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
Oct 15, 1965
End of operations
Oct 15, 1965

Size

Mass
170 kg
Dry mass
170 kg
Length
0.6 m
Diameter
0.60 m
Span
2.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28871241 (CC0).