OAO 1 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
8 Apr 1966, 7:35pm
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 12
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
OAO 1
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
OAO 1 (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 1) was a solar-cell-powered satellite instrumented to make precision astronomical observations and to measure the absorption and emission characteristics of the stars, planets, nebulae, and the interplanetary and interstellar media from visible to gamma-ray regions.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC
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