OV1-6
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Orbiting Vehicle 1-6 was launched via Titan IIIC rocket into orbit 2 November 1966 along with two other satellites in the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle series on the first and only Manned
The Titan IIIC on which OV1-6 was launched (mounted just below the Gemini B)
Lt. Col. Clyde Northcott, Jr., OV1 program manager
OV1-86
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Orbiting Vehicle 1-86 was a satellite launched 27 July 1967 to measure the temperature radiation properties of different types of terrain. Part of the OV1 series of USAF satellites, using standardized
OV1-6
…atmosphere on 31 December 1966. OV1-6's unused Altair 2 propulsion module was later used, along with OV1-8's unused satellite body, in the construction of OV1-86, launched 27 July 1967. The OV1 program ultimately comprised 22 missions, the last flying on 19 September 1971…
OV1-86 on a cart awaiting installation on its Atlas rocket
OV1-86 oxygen radiometer
OV1-86 launch (installed in the side SPP)