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Scout B | OV3-2

OV3-2

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Launch Details

Date: 28 Oct 1966, 11:56 am UTC

Rocket: Scout B (Scout)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Polar Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Description

The OV3 (Orbiting Vehicle 3) series were experimental satellites based on an octagonal bus structure. These were the only in the OV series launched on dedicated launchers.