Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
OSCAR II (aka OSCAR 2) is the second amateur radio satellite launched by Project OSCAR into Low Earth Orbit. OSCAR II was launched June 2 1962 by a Thor-DM21 Agena B launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base Lompoc California. The satellite a rectangular box (30 x 25 x 12 cm) weighting 10 kg. was launched as a secondary payload (ballast) for Corona 43 the fifth launch of a KH-4 satellite.
