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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- Mass
- 10.4
- Image
- OV1-8 PASCOMSAT Gridsphere.jpg
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1966-07-14
- Commons category
- OV1-8
- time of object orbit decay
- 1978-01-04
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- 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==