In orbitRocket body

OV1-5 R/B

NORAD: 2123
COSPAR: 1966-025C

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Spacecraft

Built by: Alleghany Ballistic Laboratories (USN/Hercules Powder Co)
Owner: US Air Force Office of Aerospace Research
Platform (bus): Altair
Mass at launch: 354 kg
Dry mass: 125 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Total mass with attached parts: 125 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 2.1 m
Diameter: 0.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.1 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S02123, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1966-03-30
Rocket: Atlas D
Flight: OV1-4/OV1-5/Pod 28
Mission name: OV1-4S
Launch site: V, ABRESB3
Launched by: US Air Force Space Systems Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1966-025

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1966-025, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1966-03-30
Period: 105.4 min
Inclination: 144.64°
Apogee: 1,049 km
Perigee: 980 km
Radar cross-section: 0.942 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Debris4 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 2 still in orbit