Earth orbit
Copernicus
0.8-meter UV telescope.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
View in 3D map ↗Overview
The mission
0.8-meter UV telescope. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1972-065; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 21 August 1972, 10:28:02 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A General Dynamics Atlas SLV-3 rocket launched the Copernicus mission on Monday, August 21, 1972 at 10:28 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- General Dynamics
- Vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1972-065
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Aug 21, 1972, 10:28 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Aug 21 1972
- Pad and location
- LC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
Interactive playback
Play trajectory in 3D ↗Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission outcomeOpen outcome source ↗
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 15 February 1981
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Copernicus
0.8-meter UV telescope.
- GCAT ID
- S06153
- Manufacturer
- Grummann Aerospace Corporation
- Launch mass
- 2,177 kg
- Dimensions
- 4.9 m long · 2 m diameter · 5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
0 images from Copernicus.
No mission imagery is available yet.
Verification
Community discussion
Comments 0
No comments yet. The airlock is open.
Sign in or create an account to comment and vote.