United States Air ForceDelta 2910Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
AE-E
Launched
November 20, 1975
Image: NASA Kennedy Space Center
Summary
AE-E launched on an United States Air Force Delta 2910 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 20, 1975. It was United States Air Force's 652nd launch, 23rd this year and humanity's 1,763rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Delta 2910 flight. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). AE-E, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 164 × 3,013 km orbit inclined 19.7°. 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
- 4th Delta 2910 flightUnited States Air Force's 652nd launch23rd this yearhumanity's 1,763rd orbital launch attempt112th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
AE-E · NORAD 8440 · 1975-107 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EXPLORER 55 (AE-5)
- Object ID
- 1975-107A
- Epoch
- 1975-11-20 05:23:55 UTC
- Mean motion
- 12.2260602 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.1789783
- Inclination
- 19.7351°
- Ascending node
- 266.3434°
- Arg. of perigee
- 188.8335°
- Mean anomaly
- 167.5891°
- 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-E · NORAD 8440 · re-entered June 10, 1981
Delta 117 · re-entered March 19, 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 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
53rd launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 5th this year · 302nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
34 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did AE-E launch?
AE-E launched on November 20, 1975. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch AE-E?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched AE-E?
Delta 2910, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 2910 spec sheet
Where did AE-E launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did AE-E reach?
AE-E, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 164 × 3,013 km orbit inclined 19.7°.
How many satellites did AE-E launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).