Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
OPS 0855 also designated OV4-3 was a boilerplate Manned Orbital Laboratory spacecraft launched in 1966. It was flown to demonstrate the launch configuration for future MOL missions. A number of research payloads designated Manifold were carried aboard it which were intended to operate for 75 days however the spacecraft ceased operations after just 30. It was built from a decommissioned HGM-25A Titan I first stage oxidiser tank bolted to a Transtage.
