National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout D-1Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
ANS
Launched
August 30, 1974
Image: NASA
Summary
ANS launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout D-1 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 30, 1974. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 127th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 1,614th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Scout D-1 flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The tracked orbit of ANS, one of 5 catalogued objects, from September 5, 1974, was 264 × 1,176 km inclined 98.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 8th Scout D-1 flight · 4th this yearNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 127th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 1,614th orbital launch attempt76th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ANS · NORAD 7427 · 1974-070 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ANS
- Object ID
- 1974-070A
- Epoch
- 1974-09-05 11:33:09 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.539064 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0642489
- Inclination
- 98.0479°
- Ascending node
- 250.8178°
- Arg. of perigee
- 193.6197°
- Mean anomaly
- 164.6876°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 86
- B*
- 0.00048987
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 3 components; none still in orbit
- ANS · NORAD 7427 · re-entered June 14, 1977
Scout S189C Stage 4 · re-entered November 19, 1975
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Dutch sun-synchronous satellite designed as an astronomical observatory
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
47th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 4th this year · 419th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
45 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did ANS launch?
ANS launched on August 30, 1974. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ANS?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ANS?
Scout D-1, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout D-1 spec sheet
Where did ANS launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did ANS reach?
The tracked orbit of ANS, one of 5 catalogued objects, from September 5, 1974, was 264 × 1,176 km inclined 98.0°.
How many satellites did ANS launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).