Sunday, September 24, 1995

OSO 4

  1967-100A


The fourth Orbiting Solar Observatory satellite carried an improved set of experiments including an early celestial x-ray astronomy experiment. Launch was at 1558 on 1967 Oct 18 by Delta from Cape Canaveral. It reached a 95.6 min, 546 x 560 km x 33.0 deg orbit at 1610. OSO IV operated until 1972 Feb; it was reactivated in 1974. The satellite reentered on 1982 Jun 15.


OSO 4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Oct 18  1558:00  Launch by Delta  CC LC17B 
  T+2:29 MECO 
  St 1 sep 
  T+5:08 SES-1 2:34 
  T+7:42 SECO 
 1609 T+11:24 St 2 sep 
 1609T+11:37 FW4D burn 
 1610 T+12:08 TECO 
 1610 FW4D sep 
1967 Nov 30   HCO spectrometer off 
1967 Dec 13   XR experiment off
1971 Dec 7   Raise to retirement orbit
1972 Feb   End of ops 
1974   Reactivated
1982 Jun 15   Reentered 

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