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OV1-17,18,19
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 18 Mar 1969, 07:47 am UTC
Rocket: Atlas F (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 576A2, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
The OV1 (Orbiting Vehicle 1) were small research satellite to be launched piggy back on Atlas ICBM test flights. They consisted in general of the OV1 satellite and the OV1-PM propulsion module (or upper stage) to reach orbit.