OSO 1

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 7 Mar 1962, 04:06 pm UTC

Rocket: Thor Delta (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Type: Astrophysics

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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.