Launch · COSPAR 1972-065 · 21 Aug 1972

OAO 3 (COPERNICUS)

Name: Launch 1972-065 — OAO 3 (COPERNICUS)
Start: 1972-08-21
Location: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

33% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 3

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
OAO 3 (COPERNICUS)	6153	1972-065A	Unknown	LEO	688 / 698 km	35.01°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B	6155	1972-065B	Inactive	LEO	612 / 659 km	35.00°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
OAO 3 DEB	6156	1972-065C	Decayed	LEO	185 / 197 km	34.97°	07 Jan 1982	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-065; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.