United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3A Agena DSpace Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
OGO 5
Launched
March 4, 1968
Image: USAF
Summary
OGO 5 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3A Agena D from Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 4, 1968. It was United States Air Force's 440th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 803rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas SLV-3A Agena D flight. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). OGO 5, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 279 × 148,194 km orbit inclined 31.1°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3A Agena D · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas SLV-3A Agena D flightUnited States Air Force's 440th launch7th this yearhumanity's 803rd orbital launch attempt15th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OGO 5 · NORAD 3138 · 1968-014 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OGO 5
- Object ID
- 1968-014A
- Epoch
- 1968-03-04 14:01:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.37935112 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.9175015
- Inclination
- 31.13°
- Ascending node
- 162.43°
- Arg. of perigee
- 313.9419°
- Mean anomaly
- 0.1969°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Elliptical. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 debris
- OGO 5 · NORAD 3138 · left Earth orbit March 5, 1968
Agena D 6503 · left Earth orbit March 5, 1968
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The OGO (Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) series was a series of large, complex research satellites.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
10th launch from Space Launch Complex 13, 1st this year · 217th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
21 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
215 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did OGO 5 launch?
OGO 5 launched on March 4, 1968. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch OGO 5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched OGO 5?
Atlas SLV-3A Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3A Agena D spec sheet
Where did OGO 5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did OGO 5 reach?
OGO 5, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 279 × 148,194 km orbit inclined 31.1°.
How many satellites did OGO 5 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).