United States Air ForceDelta 2914Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Anik A3
Launched
May 7, 1975
Image: NASA Kennedy Space Center
Summary
Anik A3 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 2914 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 7, 1975. It was United States Air Force's 637th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 1,692nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Delta 2914 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO). The tracked orbit of Anik A3, one of 4 catalogued objects, from May 12, 1975, was 35,220 × 35,931 km inclined 0.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 2914 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
- Milestone
- 6th Delta 2914 flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 637th launch8th this yearhumanity's 1,692nd orbital launch attempt41st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Anik A3 · NORAD 7790 · 1975-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ANIK A3 (TELESAT-3)
- Object ID
- 1975-038A
- Epoch
- 1975-05-12 18:08:06 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.01056185 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00848
- Inclination
- 0.0482°
- Ascending node
- 101.8223°
- Arg. of perigee
- 129.4942°
- Mean anomaly
- 141.0841°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 9
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GSO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 1 component; 1 still in orbit
- Anik A3 · NORAD 7790 · in orbit
Delta 110 · re-entered November 3, 1976
Delta 110 Stage 3 · re-entered June 24, 2014
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geosynchronous communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
50th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 2nd this year · 292nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
90 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Anik A3 launch?
Anik A3 launched on May 7, 1975. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Anik A3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Anik A3?
Delta 2914, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 2914 spec sheet
Where did Anik A3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Anik A3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Anik A3, one of 4 catalogued objects, from May 12, 1975, was 35,220 × 35,931 km inclined 0.0°.
How many satellites did Anik A3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).