United States Air ForceAtlas LV-3C CentaurLaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
AC-2 Instrumentation Ring
Launched
November 27, 1963
Image: NASA
Summary
AC-2 Instrumentation Ring launched on an United States Air Force Atlas LV-3C Centaur from Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 27, 1963. It was United States Air Force's 170th launch, 44th this year and humanity's 284th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas LV-3C Centaur flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). AC-2 Instrumentation Ring, one of 17 catalogued objects, reached a 231 × 1,258 km orbit inclined 30.4°. 17 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas LV-3C Centaur · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas LV-3C Centaur flightUnited States Air Force's 170th launch44th this yearhumanity's 284th orbital launch attempt60th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
AC-2 Instrumentation Ring · NORAD 694 · 1963-047 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 17 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ATLAS CENTAUR 2 R/B
- Object ID
- 1963-047A
- Epoch
- 1963-11-28 06:13:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.46495263 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0721993
- Inclination
- 30.35°
- Ascending node
- 187.3454°
- Arg. of perigee
- 123.7567°
- Mean anomaly
- 243.3292°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 7
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
17 catalogued: 1 payload, 15 debris, 1 component; 8 still in orbit
- AC-2 Instrumentation Ring · NORAD 694 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Test flight of the cryogenic Centaur stage.
Pad
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
1st launch from Launch Complex 36A, 1st this year · 105th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
71 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did AC-2 Instrumentation Ring launch?
AC-2 Instrumentation Ring launched on November 27, 1963. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch AC-2 Instrumentation Ring?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched AC-2 Instrumentation Ring?
Atlas LV-3C Centaur, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas LV-3C Centaur spec sheet
Where did AC-2 Instrumentation Ring launch from?
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did AC-2 Instrumentation Ring reach?
AC-2 Instrumentation Ring, one of 17 catalogued objects, reached a 231 × 1,258 km orbit inclined 30.4°.
How many satellites did AC-2 Instrumentation Ring launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).