National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout BLaunch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
OFO
Launched
November 9, 1970
Image: NASA
Summary
OFO launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout B from Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on November 9, 1970. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 105th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 1,149th orbital launch attempt. It was the 18th Scout B flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). OFO, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 312 × 528 km orbit inclined 37.4°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Biology · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 18th Scout B flight · 1st this yearNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 105th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 1,149th orbital launch attempt103rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OFO · NORAD 4690 · 1970-094 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1970-094A
- Epoch
- 1970-11-09 13:24:12 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.51286793 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0159092
- Inclination
- 37.4102°
- Ascending node
- 331.5514°
- Arg. of perigee
- 121.8565°
- Mean anomaly
- 239.7762°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 5
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 2 payloads, 3 components; none still in orbit
- OFO · NORAD 4690 · re-entered May 9, 1971
- RM · NORAD 4692 · re-entered February 7, 1971
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Life-science satellite carrying two bullfrogs and measuring their bioelectric action potential during weightlessness and gravity stimulus obtained by activation of a centrifuge.
Pad
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
10th launch from Launch Area 3A, 1st this year · 39th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
18 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
about 2 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did OFO launch?
OFO launched on November 9, 1970. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch OFO?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched OFO?
Scout B, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout B spec sheet
Where did OFO launch from?
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did OFO reach?
OFO, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 312 × 528 km orbit inclined 37.4°.
How many satellites did OFO launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).