Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar observatory. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1969-068; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 9 August 1969, 07:52:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Delta N
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · January 1972
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
OSO 6
Solar observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S04065
- Manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace
- Launch mass
- 290 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.1 m long · 1.1 m diameter · 2.3 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from OSO 6.
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