National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout D-1Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aeros 2
Launched
July 16, 1974
Image: NASA
Summary
Aeros 2 launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout D-1 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 16, 1974. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 126th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 1,598th orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th Scout D-1 flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Aeros 2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 227 × 879 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 3 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
- 7th Scout D-1 flight · 3rd this yearNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 126th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 1,598th orbital launch attempt60th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Aeros 2 · NORAD 7371 · 1974-055 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1974-055A
- Epoch
- 1974-07-16 17:38:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.06774 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0470656
- Inclination
- 97.448°
- Ascending node
- 166.9513°
- Arg. of perigee
- 163.8724°
- Mean anomaly
- 197.8038°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- 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
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; none still in orbit
- Aeros 2 · NORAD 7371 · re-entered September 25, 1975
Scout S186C Stage 4 · re-entered October 9, 1974
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
46th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 3rd this year · 416th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
42 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Aeros 2 launch?
Aeros 2 launched on July 16, 1974. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Aeros 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Aeros 2?
Scout D-1, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout D-1 spec sheet
Where did Aeros 2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Aeros 2 reach?
Aeros 2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 227 × 879 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did Aeros 2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).