Mission type | Earth science |
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Operator | USAF |
COSPAR ID | 1966-111B |
SATCAT no. | S02611 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | General Dynamics |
Launch mass | 130 kg (290 lb) with Altair |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 Dec 1966 21:09:57 | UTC
Rocket | Atlas D |
Launch site | Vandenberg 576-B-3[1] |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 30 November 2002 |
Orbital parameters | |
Regime | Low Earth Orbit |
Eccentricity | 0.00903 |
Perigee altitude | 641.00 km (398.30 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 769.00 km (477.83 mi) |
Inclination | 93.430° |
Period | 98.87 minutes[2] |
Epoch | 11 Dec 1966 21:07:00 |
Orbiting Vehicle 1-10 (also known as OV1-10), launched 11 December 1966 along with OV1-9, was the tenth (seventh successful) satellite in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. Designed to observe atmospheric airglow, X-ray and cosmic radiation, OV1-10 returned significant data on the Sun as well as on geophysical phenomena in Earth's magnetic field. OV1-10 reentered Earth's atmosphere on 30 November 2002.