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United States Air ForceDelta 3920/PAMSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Anik D1
Launched
August 26, 1982
Summary
Anik D1 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 3920/PAM from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 26, 1982. It was United States Air Force's 790th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 2,603rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta 3920/PAM flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Anik D1, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 194 × 36,353 km orbit inclined 24.2°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 3920/PAM · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta 3920/PAM flightUnited States Air Force's 790th launch10th this yearhumanity's 2,603rd orbital launch attempt86th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Anik D1 · NORAD 13431 · 1982-082 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ANIK D1 (TELESAT 6)
- Object ID
- 1982-082A
- Epoch
- 1982-08-27 05:02:10 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.24402761 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7336096
- Inclination
- 24.2494°
- Ascending node
- 140.0469°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.2079°
- Mean anomaly
- 184.5581°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.00009999
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 1 still in orbit
- Anik D1 · NORAD 13431 · in orbit
Delta 164 · re-entered September 18, 1982
Delta 164 PAM-D · re-entered August 23, 1985
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Canadian geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
68th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 385th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
about 4 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Anik D1 launch?
Anik D1 launched on August 26, 1982. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Anik D1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Anik D1?
Delta 3920/PAM, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 3920/PAM spec sheet
Where did Anik D1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Anik D1 reach?
Anik D1, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 194 × 36,353 km orbit inclined 24.2°.
How many satellites did Anik D1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).