OV2-3

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite OV2-3 at a glance.

Uptime

21747

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: 276.472 minutes

Inclination: 26.6157 deg

SMA: 14058.129 km

Apoapsis: 15082.156 km

Periapsis: 277.832 km

RAAN: 85.0831 deg

Eccentricy: 0.5265396

Argument of periapsis: 263.4769 deg

Mean anomaly: 36.8732 deg

Mean motion: 5.20848562 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00005329 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00064439 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 4, 2025, 11:24 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 OV2-3

TLE line 1: 1 13912U 65108V 25185.97517432 .00005329 00000-0 64439-3 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 13912 26.6157 85.0831 5265396 263.4769 36.8732 5.20848562552431

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite OV2-3.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object OV2-3.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
ARIANE 42L R/B MEO 2025-05-22 06:35:35 TBA 4834.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

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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Launch to space Titan IIIC | OV2-3
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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