PasComSat
Sign in to saveAlso known as OV1-08 PasComSat, OV1-8, Passive Communications Satellite, Orbiting Vehicle 1-8, Gridsphere
Orbiting Vehicle 1-8 (also known as OV1-8, OV1-8P,PasComSat, and Gridsphere), launched 14 July 1966, was the seventh satellite launched (fourth successfully) in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. OV1-8 was designed to test the passive communications utility of an aluminum grid sphere versus a balloon satellite (e.g. NASA's Project Echo).
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Within Vinony's link graph, PasComSat is referenced by 69 other articles, and connects out to Environmental Research Satellite, Gravity Gradient Technology Satellite and Earth science.
It sits within the topics Military satellites, Passive satellites and Spacecraft launched in 1966.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mass
- 10.4
- Image
- OV1-8 PASCOMSAT Gridsphere.jpg
- Significant event
- atmospheric entry
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- space launch vehicle
- SM-65D Atlas
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1966-07-14
- Commons category
- OV1-8
- time of object orbit decay
- 1978-01-04
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Spacecraft design
- Experiments
- Mission
- Legacy and status
- References
Orbiting Vehicle 1-8 (also known as OV1-8, OV1-8P,PasComSat, and Gridsphere), launched 14 July 1966, was the seventh satellite launched (fourth successfully) in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. OV1-8 was designed to test the passive communications utility of an aluminum grid sphere versus a balloon satellite (e.g. NASA's Project Echo).
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “PasComSat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.