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Class: Technology. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Air Force.

Whispering gallery experiments.

Typical orbit: 289 km x 317 km at 33 degrees inclination. Mass: 109 kg (240 lb).

OV4 Chronology

1966 November 3 - OV4-03 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC40. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Perigee: 298 km (185 mi). Apogee: 305 km (189 mi). Inclination: 32.80 deg. Period: 90.40 min.
Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1966 November 3 - OV4-01R - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC40. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Perigee: 289 km (179 mi). Apogee: 292 km (181 mi). Inclination: 32.80 deg. Period: 90.30 min.
Whispering gallery experiments. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1966 November 3 - OV4-01T - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC40. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Mass: 109 kg (240 lb). Perigee: 289 km (179 mi). Apogee: 317 km (196 mi). Inclination: 32.80 deg. Period: 90.60 min.
Whispering gallery experiments. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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