Tuesday, January 14, 1997

OSO 7

  1971-083A


OSO H (Orbiting Solar Observatory 7) was launched at 0945 on 1971 Sep 29 by a two stage Delta N from Cape Canaveral. The Delta second stage had attitude control issues during the second burn, resulting in a low perigee orbit of 93.4 min, 323 x 571 km x 33.1 deg. The spacecraft observed the Sun until 1974 Jul 6 when its attitude control gas was depleted; it reentered on 1974 Jul 9 over the South Pacific.


OSO 7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 Sep 29  0945:00  Launch by Delta N  CC LC17A 
  T+1:15 SRM 1-3 sep 
  T+3:39 MECO 
  T+3:42 St 1 sep 
 0948:43 T+3:43 SES-1 
 0948:50 T+3:50? Fairing 
 0954:57 T+9:57 SECO-1 
 1013:20 T+28:20 SES-2 
 1013:27 T+28:27 SECO-293.4 323 x 571 x 33.1 
 1018 T+33:15s S+0m St 2 sep 
 1036 T+51:35s S+18m TETR sep from St 2 
1973 May   end of MIT XR expt ops
1974 Jul 6   end of tx 
1974 Jul 9   Reentered 

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