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Atlas D: OV1-7

The OV1 (Orbiting Vehicle 1) were small research satellite to be launched piggy back on Atlas ICBM test flights. They consisted in general of the OV1 satellite and the OV1-PM propulsion module (or upper stage) to reach orbit.

Thursday, 14 July 1966
Atlas D: OV1-7

Mission Data

United States Air Force
🇺🇸United States Air ForceEst. 1947
Launch VehicleSM-65D Atlas
Vehicle FamilyAtlas
Vehicle Record6 of 9 launches (66.7%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record972 successes / 106 failures (90%)
Success Streak68 consecutive
Mission TypeTest Flight
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch Pad576B3
Location🇺🇸 Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#70
Agency Launches This Year#38
Launches From This Pad7
Launches From This Site923
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About SM-65D Atlas

The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile. Atlas D was first used as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to deliver a nuclear weapon payload on a suborbital trajectory. It was later developed as a launch vehicle to carry a payload to low Earth orbit on its own, and later to geosynchronous orbit, to the Moon, Venus, or Mars with the Agena or Centaur upper stage.

Launch Site

576B3 · 34.7897°N 120.5980°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.