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1972 · United States Air Force

Copernicus

successAtlas SLV-3C Centaur | Copernicus

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

Overview

Date / time: August 21, 1972 at 10:28 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 36B
Mission: Copernicus
Mission type: Astrophysics
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

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Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

OAO 3 (COPERNICUS)