OSO 6

  1969-068A

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OSO G (Orbiting Solar Observatory 6) was launched on 1969 Aug 9 at 0752 by a Delta from Cape Canaveral. The orbit was 95.0 min, 491 x 554 km x 33.0 deg. The satellite was still working in Oct 1971; it reentered on 1981 Mar 7. OSO G introduced the ability to perform offset pointings to parts of the solar disc.

OSO 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Aug 9	0752:00	Launch by Delta	CC
		T+1:00 SRM 1-3 sep
	0755	T+3:37 MECO 138 km 4.4 km/s
		T+3:45 St 1 sep
	0755	T+3:45 SES-1 6:08
	0755	T+3:47 Fairing
	0802	T+10:05 SECO-1
	0802	T+10:53 Spinup
	0802	T+10:55 St 2 sep	95.0 491 x 554 x 33.0
	0808	T+16:25 Wheel despin
1972 Jan		End of ops	94.74 477 x 533 x 33.0
1981 Mar 7		Reentered