United States Air ForceTitan IIICSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
OV2-1
Launched
October 15, 1965
Image: U.S. DoD
Summary
OV2-1 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIC from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 15, 1965. It was United States Air Force's 289th launch, 58th this year and humanity's 485th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Titan IIIC flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). 474 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan IIIC · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Titan IIIC flightUnited States Air Force's 289th launch58th this yearhumanity's 485th orbital launch attempt92nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
474 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 470 debris, 1 component; 31 still in orbit
- LCS 2? · NORAD 1640 · re-entered August 25, 1982
- OV2-1 · NORAD 1641 · in orbit
Transtage 4 main debris · re-entered December 2, 2003
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The OV2 (Orbiting Vehicle 2) series satellites were originally built for project ARENTS (Advanced Research Environmental Test Satellite), which was intended to obtain supporting data for the Vela program. After the cancellation of the ARENTS program, the already built hardware was reused for OV2, a low-cost series of experimental satellites, which were to be launched for free on Titan-3C test flights to very different orbits.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 2nd this year · 153rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
119 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did OV2-1 launch?
OV2-1 launched on October 15, 1965. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch OV2-1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched OV2-1?
Titan IIIC, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIC spec sheet
Where did OV2-1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was OV2-1 going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a earth science mission.
How many satellites did OV2-1 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).