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    Orbiting Vehicle 3-3 (also known as OV3-3), launched 4 August 1966, was the third satellite to be launched in the OV3 series of the United States Air Force's...
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    Orbiting Vehicle 3-2 (also known as OV3-2), launched 28 October 1966, was the fourth satellite to be launched in the OV3 series of the United States Air...
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    Orbiting Vehicle 3-1 (also known as OV3-1 and OPS 1527 ), launched 22 April 1966, was the first satellite in the OV3 series of the United States Air Force's...
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    Orbiting Vehicle 3-6 (also known as OV3-6 and ATCOS 2 (ATmospheric COmposition Satellite 2)), launched 5 December 1967, was the sixth and last satellite...
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    launched and thirty seven reached orbit. With the exception of the OV3 series and OV4-3, they were launched as secondary payloads, using excess space on...
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    Orbiting Vehicle 3-4 (also known as OV3-4, PHASR, and OPS 1427), launched 10 June 1966, was the second satellite to be launched in the OV3 series of the...
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    waves using data gathered by FR-1. Data received from the VLF receiver on OV3-3, launched 4 August 1966, determined the location of the plasmapause. In...
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    Orbiting Vehicle 3-5 (also known as OV3-5 and ATmospheric COmposition Satellite or ATCOS: 417 ), launched 31 January 1967, was the fifth satellite to be...
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    reflown on the successful (smaller) OV3-3 mission,: 423  launched 4 August 1966. Two follow-on satellites (OV2-2 and -3) with different mission objectives...
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  • Wallops LA-3A Successful OV3-4 Low Earth USAF Ionospheric Research 4 August 1966 10:45 Scout B S148C Vandenberg SLC-5 Successful OV3-3 Low Earth USAF Ionospheric...
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    Data Center. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2008. Chaikin, Andrew (1998). A Man on the Moon. New York: Penguin...
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    experiments in orbit. The Mk. 1 was a regular tetrahedron measuring 16 cm (6.3 in) on a side, each face mounted with sufficient solar cells to operate the...
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    accurate. The 28 October 1966 launch of the U.S. Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle 3-2 (OV3-2) was timed such that it could observe ambient charged particle variations...
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  • OU3 — March 30, 2011 Haleakala Pan-STARRS  · 1.5 km MPC · JPL 531284 2012 OV3 — May 21, 2006 Kitt Peak Spacewatch  · 2.2 km MPC · JPL 531285 2012 OD4 —...
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  • JPL 79266 1995 OV3 — July 22, 1995 Kitt Peak Spacewatch  · 1.5 km MPC · JPL 79267 1995 OE6 — July 22, 1995 Kitt Peak Spacewatch  · 1.3 km MPC · JPL 79268...
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  • — July 18, 2007 Reedy Creek J. Broughton  · 1.8 km MPC · JPL 202748 2007 OV3 — July 18, 2007 Eskridge Farpoint Obs.  · 2.4 km MPC · JPL 202749 2007 PH3...
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  • Aphanes microcarpa community OV2 Briza minor - Silene gallica community OV3 Papaver rhoeas - Viola arvensis community Papaveretum argemones (Libbert...
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  • Peak Spacewatch  · 2.3 km MPC · JPL 702602 2006 MP16 — October 13, 2016 Haleakala Pan-STARRS  · 1.7 km MPC · JPL 702603 2006 OV3 — June 11, 2006 Palomar...
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  • 77698 2001 OL3 — July 17, 2001 Palomar NEAT  · 5.2 km MPC · JPL 77699 2001 OV3 — July 18, 2001 Palomar NEAT EOS 4.0 km MPC · JPL 77700 2001 OP4 — July 19...
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    between 1962 and 1994. Satellites launched from the complex included Transit, OV3, Explorer and P35 (DMSP) spacecraft. Most of the satellites launched from...
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    [2.34, 0.04, 7.3]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 186. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_2178. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5. "Berenice...
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    FH101 1248 0.3468 0.58 3  NEO S 0.09 22.50 LCDB  · MPC 263. 2016 ES1 1254 0.3484 0.26 2+ NEO S 0.04 24.20 LCDB  · MPC 264. 2014 OV3 1257 0.3491 0.53 2+ NEO...
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  • NE31 — July 11, 2004 Anderson Mesa LONEOS  · 4.7 km MPC · JPL 250519 2004 OV3 — July 17, 2004 Socorro LINEAR  · 4.4 km MPC · JPL 250520 2004 OZ8 — July...
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    Launch Area 3 (LA-3) at the Wallops Flight Facility is a launch complex which was used, mostly by Scout rockets, between 1960 and 1985. Forty-one Scout...
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  • MJ5 — March 15, 2010 Catalina CSS  · 4.0 km MPC · JPL 426028 2011 OV3 — January 3, 2009 Mount Lemmon Mount Lemmon Survey  · 2.5 km MPC · JPL 426029 2011...
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  • OL — July 16, 2005 Kitt Peak Spacewatch  · 1.4 km MPC · JPL 323754 2005 OV3 — July 28, 2005 Reedy Creek J. Broughton  · 1.4 km MPC · JPL 323755 2005...
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  • — July 1, 2008 Bergisch Gladbac W. Bickel  · 720 m MPC · JPL 378702 2008 OV3 — July 25, 2008 Siding Spring SSS CLO 2.6 km MPC · JPL 378703 2008 OS19 —...
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    list (166677) 2002 TH99 3 October 2002 list (166966) 2003 OT1 21 July 2003 list (166969) 2003 OR3 22 July 2003 list (166970) 2003 OV3 22 July 2003 list...
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  • Imperatore CINEOS  · 1.1 km MPC · JPL 166970 2003 OV3 — July 22, 2003 Campo Imperatore CINEOS MAS 1.3 km MPC · JPL 166971 2003 OD4 — July 21, 2003 Campo...
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  • telescope now measures 27 inches in aperture (primary mirror diameter), 9 feet 3 inches in length, with weight of 1,600 pounds (725 kg). The main-belt asteroid...
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