06155 - Atlas Centaur Rocket Body

This Atlas Centaur rocket body is the upper stage of the rocket used to launch OAO 3, a spacecraft to observe the celestial sphere from above the earth's atmosphere.

Alternate Names

Copericus Rocket

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1972-08-21
Launch Vehicle: Atlas-Centaur
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States