OV2-1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite OV2-1 at a glance.

Uptime

21755

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

32.3

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for OV2-1.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: OV2-1

International designator: 1965-082C

Object number (NORAD): 1641

Object ID (CCSDS): 1641

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.0 minutes

Inclination: 32.2968 deg

SMA: 7088.979 km

Apoapsis: 724.2 km

Periapsis: 697.488 km

RAAN: 66.5592 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0018841

Argument of periapsis: 210.164 deg

Mean anomaly: 149.7922 deg

Mean motion: 14.54545238 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000377 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000079427 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:52 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 OV2-1

TLE line 1: 1 01641U 65082C 25127.86967987 .00000377 00000-0 79427-4 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 01641 32.2968 66.5592 0018841 210.1640 149.7922 14.54545238158237

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite OV2-1.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object OV2-1.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2025-02-06 15:22:52 0.0004007187 316.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2024-12-28 17:53:18 0.0001735068 844.0 (m) DEBRIS
CBERS 1 DEB SSO 2024-11-10 22:41:06 0.0002439378 437.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-19 DEB SSO 2024-10-31 19:18:17 0.000118031 971.0 (m) DEBRIS

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.

OV2-1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Titan IIIC | OV2-1’, on board a Titan IIIC space rocket.

The launch took place on Oct. 15, 1965, 5:23 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40.

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Launch to space Titan IIIC | OV2-1
Titan IIIC | OV2-1

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Oct. 15, 1965, 5:23 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Titan IIIC

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40

Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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