Manned Orbiting Laboratory
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The Manned Orbiting Laboratory was a Cold War-era U.S. Air Force program to develop a crewed military space station for reconnaissance and other defense-related missions, ultimately canceled before any operational flights.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manned Orbiting Laboratory program | 1 |
| United States Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Air Force space program
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military space station program ⓘ reconnaissance satellite program ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MOL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcementDate | 1963-12-10 ⓘ |
| cancellationDate | 1969-06-10 ⓘ |
| codeName | DORIAN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crewAccessMethod | Gemini B hatch through heat shield ⓘ |
| crewCapacity | 2 ⓘ |
| designFeature |
Gemini B reentry capsule
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optical reconnaissance system ⓘ pressurized laboratory module ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| fundingAgency | United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Titan IIIM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicleFamily | Titan III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDurationPlanned | 30 days ⓘ |
| notableTransferredAstronaut |
James A. Abrahamson
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Karol J. Bobko NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Truly NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Crippen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfAstronautsSelected | 17 ⓘ |
| numberOfOperationalFlights | 0 ⓘ |
| numberOfTestLaunches | 1 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | United States military space program ⓘ |
| plannedCrewSelectionSource | USAF astronauts ⓘ |
| plannedInclination | polar orbit ⓘ |
| plannedMissionProfile |
crew return to Earth in Gemini B capsule
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crew to conduct reconnaissance and experiments in orbit ⓘ launch crew and lab together on single booster ⓘ |
| plannedOrbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| primaryPayload | KH-10 DORIAN reconnaissance camera system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
crewed military space station
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defense-related missions ⓘ military reconnaissance ⓘ |
| reasonForCancellation |
advances in unmanned reconnaissance satellites
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high cost ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Gemini program
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National Reconnaissance Office programs ⓘ |
| secretUntil | declassified in the 1990s ⓘ |
| someAstronautsTransferredTo | NASA Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | modified Gemini spacecraft ⓘ |
| spaceStationType | low Earth orbit military space station ⓘ |
| startDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| status | canceled ⓘ |
| successor | KH-9 Hexagon reconnaissance satellite program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testLaunchComplex | Launch Complex 40 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testLaunchDate | 1966-11-03 ⓘ |
| testLaunchSite | Cape Kennedy Air Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testLaunchVehicle | Titan IIIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testPayload |
modified Gemini B capsule
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uncrewed MOL mockup ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Manned Orbiting Laboratory program
this entity surface form:
United States Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory