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OGO 1

1957–1969: Opening the Space Age

OGO 1

First Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.

Era 1 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 1964
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Earth orbit
Category
Geophysics
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

OGO 1 flew during 1957–1969: Opening the Space Age, as part of United States's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.

Results

First Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.

Related missions

OGO 1 Syncom 2 — same_target Syncom 2 Gemini 4 — same_target Gemini 4 Voskhod 2 — same_target Voskhod 2 Ariel 1 — same_target Ariel 1

Ariel 1

Success

United Kingdom / United States · 1962

Sources & image credits

  • NASA, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog