OV3-03

 1966-070A

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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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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