Key statistics
Satellite OV2-3 at a glance.
Uptime
21807
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 5.2
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
26.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OV2-3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OV2-3
International designator: 1965-108V
Object number (NORAD): 13912
Object ID (CCSDS): 13912
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 276.017 minutes
Inclination: 26.6204 deg
SMA: 14042.712 km
Apoapsis: 15059.941 km
Periapsis: 269.212 km
RAAN: 21.531 deg
Eccentricy: 0.52663365
Argument of periapsis: 9.9705 deg
Mean anomaly: 357.326 deg
Mean motion: 5.21706563 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.000136 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014260049 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 1:06 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OV2-3
TLE line 1: 1 13912U 65108V 25245.04595638 .00013600 00000-0 14260-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 13912 26.6204 21.5310 5266337 9.9705 357.3260 5.21706563555514
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OV2-3.
Associated space launch
The OV2 (Orbiting Vehicle 2) series satellites were originally built for project ARENTS (Advanced Research Environmental Test Satellite), which was intended to obtain supporting data for the Vela program. After the cancellation of the ARENTS program, the already built hardware was reused for OV2, a low-cost series of experimental satellites, which were to be launched for free on Titan-3C test flights to very different orbits.
OV2-3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Titan IIIC | OV2-3’, on board a Titan IIIC space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 21, 1965, 2 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 41.
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Titan IIIC | OV2-3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 21, 1965, 2 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Titan IIIC
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 41
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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