In orbitRocket body

ATLAS D R/B

NORAD: 2328
COSPAR: 1966-063C

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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: 125 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 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 S02328, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1966-07-14
Rocket: Atlas D
Flight: OV1-7/8/NC20.189
Mission name: OV1-8 PasComSat
Launch site: V, ABRESB3
Launched by: US Air Force Space Systems Division
Rocket performance: Failure
Launch designator: 1966-063

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1966-063, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1966-07-14
Period: 105.1 min
Inclination: 144.23°
Apogee: 1,006 km
Perigee: 993 km
Radar cross-section: 0.9659 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 2

Everything from this launch

Debris4 in total, 3 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit