United States Air ForceThorad SLV-2H Agena DSpace Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
OGO 6
Launched
June 5, 1969
Image: NASA
Summary
OGO 6 launched on an United States Air Force Thorad SLV-2H Agena D from Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 5, 1969. It was United States Air Force's 494th launch, 20th this year and humanity's 977th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Thorad SLV-2H Agena D flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). OGO 6, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 406 × 1,088 km orbit inclined 82.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thorad SLV-2H Agena D · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Thorad SLV-2H Agena D flightUnited States Air Force's 494th launch20th this yearhumanity's 977th orbital launch attempt58th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OGO 6 · NORAD 3986 · 1969-051 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OGO 6
- Object ID
- 1969-051A
- Epoch
- 1969-06-05 20:46:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.45659665 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.047974
- Inclination
- 82.0147°
- Ascending node
- 180.1473°
- Arg. of perigee
- 156.9227°
- Mean anomaly
- 205.4211°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- 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
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- OGO 6 · NORAD 3986 · re-entered October 12, 1979
Agena D 6803 · re-entered June 12, 1980
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 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
41st launch from Space Launch Complex 2E, 3rd this year · 328th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
47 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
52 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did OGO 6 launch?
OGO 6 launched on June 5, 1969. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch OGO 6?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched OGO 6?
Thorad SLV-2H Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D spec sheet
Where did OGO 6 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did OGO 6 reach?
OGO 6, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 406 × 1,088 km orbit inclined 82.0°.
How many satellites did OGO 6 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).