Thursday, August 6, 1970

OV3-03

 1966-070A


OV3-3 studied energetic particles. Like the other OV3 satellites, it was built by Space General Corp. for OAR. Mass was 77 kg. The tape recorder failed in Sep 1967 and mission operations ended in Apr 1969.


OV3-3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Aug 4  1045:01  Launch by Scout B S148C V SLC5 
  T+1:24 St 2 burn theta=34.5 
  T+2:17 Stage 3 burn  
  T+2:53? Stage 3 burnout 
  T+7:58 Stage 4 burn 
 1053 T+8:28? Stage 4 burnout 
 1054? Yo-yo weights? 
   137.0 360 x 4492 x 81.4 
1967 Sep 29   Tape recorder failed, real time only 

Payload:

  • Ae.Corp electron magnetic spectrometer

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