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OAO 1
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D · Planetary Science
1966Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral
Mission
OAO 1 (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 1) was a solar-cell-powered satellite instrumented to make precision astronomical observations and to measure the absorption and emission characteristics of the stars, planets, nebulae, and the interplanetary and interstellar media from visible to gamma-ray regions.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 12
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2