United States Air ForceDelta 2910Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
AE-D
Launched
October 6, 1975
Image: NASA Kennedy Space Center
Summary
AE-D launched on an United States Air Force Delta 2910 from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 6, 1975. It was United States Air Force's 648th launch, 19th this year and humanity's 1,751st orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Delta 2910 flight. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). AE-D, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 158 × 3,809 km orbit inclined 90.1°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 2910 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 3rd Delta 2910 flightUnited States Air Force's 648th launch19th this yearhumanity's 1,751st orbital launch attempt100th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
AE-D · NORAD 8353 · 1975-096 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1975-096A
- Epoch
- 1975-10-06 12:21:21 UTC
- Mean motion
- 11.36913474 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.2185212
- Inclination
- 90.098°
- Ascending node
- 209.4389°
- Arg. of perigee
- 185.9184°
- Mean anomaly
- 171.1435°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Elliptical. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- AE-D · NORAD 8353 · re-entered March 12, 1976
Delta 115 · re-entered April 1, 1976
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Scientific satellite dedicated to photochemical processes in the Earth's atmosphere
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
36th launch from Space Launch Complex 2W, 5th this year · 431st from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
99 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
58 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did AE-D launch?
AE-D launched on October 6, 1975. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch AE-D?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched AE-D?
Delta 2910, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 2910 spec sheet
Where did AE-D launch from?
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did AE-D reach?
AE-D, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 158 × 3,809 km orbit inclined 90.1°.
How many satellites did AE-D launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).