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OSO I
Solar physics, gamma rays.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar physics, gamma rays. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1962 ZET; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 7 March 1962, 16:06:18 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex, Air Force Missile Test Center
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Delta
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 3 August 1963
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
OSO I
Solar physics, gamma rays.
- GCAT ID
- S00255
- Manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace
- Launch mass
- 208 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.9 m long · 1.1 m diameter · 2.3 m span
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Gallery
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