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OV3-3
US Air Force satellite. OV3-3 was launched on August 4, 1966 aboard a Scout B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1966-070ANORAD 2389United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OV3-3
- International designator
- 1966-070A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2389
- GCAT identifier
- S02389
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.146
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV3
- Owner
- USAF OAR
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Space General Div, Aerojet-General Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- OV3
Launch
- Date
- August 4, 1966 · 10:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 1966-070Success
- Rocket
- Scout B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 358 km
- Apogee
- 4,479 km
- Inclination
- 81.47°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 2022
- End of operations
- 1968
Size
- Mass
- 77 kg
- Dry mass
- 77 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 1.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q105828658 (CC0).