OSO 5 (Orbiting Solar Observatory F), a NASA solar physics satellite measuring solar X-rays and related emissions above the atmosphere. Thor Delta C1 from Cape Canaveral LC-17B on 22 January 1969 placed it in LEO; operated until the mid-1970s.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 293 kg
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 3 Thor Delta C1 flights
- Date and time
- 22 January 1969, 16:48 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta C1
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1969-006
- Launches in 1969
- 7th of 125
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