Titan IIIC
SuccessOV2-5 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Thursday, Sep 26, 1968, 07:37 UTC
Launch window
Thursday, Sep 26, 1968, 07:37 UTC – Thursday, Sep 26, 1968, 07:37 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
OV2-5
Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
The OV2 (Orbiting Vehicle 2) series satellites were originally built for project ARENTS (Advanced Research Environmental Test Satellite), which was intended to obtain supporting data for the Vela program. After the cancellation of the ARENTS program, the already built hardware was reused for OV2, a low-cost series of experimental satellites, which were to be launched for free on Titan-3C test flights to very different orbits.
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