OV2-3 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
21 Dec 1965, 2:00pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
OV2-3
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Destination
Elliptical Orbit
The OV2 (Orbiting Vehicle 2) series satellites were originally built for project ARENTS (Advanced Research Environmental Test Satellite), which was intended to obtain supporting data for the Vela program. After the cancellation of the ARENTS program, the already built hardware was reused for OV2, a low-cost series of experimental satellites, which were to be launched for free on Titan-3C test flights to very different orbits.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC
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