NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

OV1-3

Launch Time
Fri May 28, 1965 02:54 UTC

LOX leak caused loss of booster engine thrust and thrust section explosion T+128 seconds. Vehicle self-destructed T+210 seconds.

Rocket

Atlas-D OV1
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,880 kN
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0

Location

LC-576B3, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

1965

47th orbital launch attempt

Atlas-OV1

2nd mission
2nd mission of 1965
2nd failed mission