National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout D-1Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aeros 1
Launched
December 16, 1972
Image: NASA
Summary
Aeros 1 launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout D-1 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 16, 1972. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 120th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 1,416th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Scout D-1 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Aeros 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 228 × 876 km orbit inclined 97.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 4th Scout D-1 flightNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 120th launch7th this yearhumanity's 1,416th orbital launch attempt110th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Aeros 1 · NORAD 6315 · 1972-100 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1972-100A
- Epoch
- 1972-12-16 14:01:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.0716504 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.046834
- Inclination
- 96.9506°
- Ascending node
- 311.8994°
- Arg. of perigee
- 167.8831°
- Mean anomaly
- 193.4091°
- 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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Aeros 1 · NORAD 6315 · re-entered August 22, 1973
Scout S181C Stage 4 · re-entered February 25, 1973
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Joint NASA-German ministry for science and education satellite to study the upper atmosphere.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
42nd launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 3rd this year · 395th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
24 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Aeros 1 launch?
Aeros 1 launched on December 16, 1972. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Aeros 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Aeros 1?
Scout D-1, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout D-1 spec sheet
Where did Aeros 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Aeros 1 reach?
Aeros 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 228 × 876 km orbit inclined 97.0°.
How many satellites did Aeros 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).