United States Air ForceTitan IIICSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
OV2-3
Launched
December 21, 1965
Image: U.S. DoD
Summary
OV2-3 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIC from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 21, 1965. It was United States Air Force's 297th launch, 66th this year and humanity's 512th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Titan IIIC flight. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). 113 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan IIIC · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 3rd Titan IIIC flightUnited States Air Force's 297th launch66th this yearhumanity's 512th orbital launch attempt119th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
113 catalogued: 4 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 107 debris, 1 component; 101 still in orbit
- LES 4 · NORAD 1870 · re-entered August 1, 1977
- OSCAR 4 · NORAD 1902 · re-entered April 12, 1976
- LES 3 · NORAD 1941 · re-entered April 6, 1968
- OV2-3 · NORAD 13912 · in orbit
Transtage 8 · in orbit
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 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
1st launch from Space Launch Complex 41, 1st this year · 159th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
125 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did OV2-3 launch?
OV2-3 launched on December 21, 1965. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch OV2-3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched OV2-3?
Titan IIIC, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIC spec sheet
Where did OV2-3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was OV2-3 going to?
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical), a astrophysics mission.
How many satellites did OV2-3 launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).