Copernicus
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
United States Air Force
Launch Status
Success Mission
Copernicus
- Type: Astrophysics
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Third Orbiting Astronomical Observatory satellite, equipped with an UV telescope and three X-ray telescopes.
Location
Rocket
Convair Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Agency
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.