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ORBIS 1

The Orbiting Radio Beacon Ionospheric Satellite 1 (ORBIS-1) launch, from Vandenberg AFB on 21 April 1964 on a Thor-Able booster, failed, and the satellite never reached orbit.
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ORBIS 1

Summary

ORBIS 1 is an artificial satellite[1].

Key Facts

  • ORBIS 1's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite[2].
  • ORBIS 1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Able[3].
  • ORBIS 1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1964-04-21T00:00:00Z[4].
  • ORBIS 1's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2 East[5].
  • ORBIS 1's NSSDCA ID is recorded as ORBIS1[6].

Related Entities

artificial satellite Thor-Able

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_orbis-1_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ORBIS 1}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/orbis-1}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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