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Copernicus
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 21 Aug 1972, 10:28 am UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Third Orbiting Astronomical Observatory satellite, equipped with an UV telescope and three X-ray telescopes.