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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur · Astrophysics

1972Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral

Mission

Third Orbiting Astronomical Observatory satellite, equipped with an UV telescope and three X-ray telescopes.

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Mission Facts

Provider: USAF
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
Orbit: LEO
Pad: Launch Complex 36B
NET precision: Year
Data source: LL2

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