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OSO 5
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 22 Jan 1969, 04:48 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor Delta C1 (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
OSO (Orbital Solar Observatory) satellite. Its purpose was to return data on the ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma ray emissions of the sun and galaxy.