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NORAD 3174

OV1-14

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 3.4 hours, on an orbit tilted 100.0° from the equator, between 547 and 10,214 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About OV1-14

OV1-14 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Apr 6, 1968 from Air Force Western Test Range.

It circles Earth every 207 minutes (7.0 times a day), between 550 and 9,851 km up, on an orbit tilted 100.0° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 80° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

OV1-14 · (Orbiting Vehicle series 1, number 14) was a U. S. Air Force Office of Aerospace Research vehicle launched from Vandenberg AFB into a polar elliptical orbit for magnetospheric radiation experiments by an Atlas E/F rocket along with OV1-13.

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).