Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Copernicus

Launch information

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Mission description

Third Orbiting Astronomical Observatory satellite, equipped with an UV telescope and three X-ray telescopes.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Copernicus’.

Launch image Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Copernicus

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Aug. 21, 1972, 10:28 a.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Copernicus (LEO)

Launcher

United States Air Force

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 36B

Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Copernicus’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
6153 OAO 3 (COPERNICUS) LEO 35.01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Copernicus’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#1369

To this date

Location Launch

#267

To this date

Pad Launch

#13

To this date

Agency Launch

#580

To this date

Orbital Launch

#69

Year 1972

Location Launch

#5

Year 1972

Pad Launch

#3

Year 1972

Agency Launch

#16

Year 1972

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