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 1975-057; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 21 June 1975, 11:43:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 1910
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 30 September 1978
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
OSO 8
Solar observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S07970
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Launch mass
- 1,064 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.7 m long · 1.5 m diameter · 1.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from OSO 8.
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