German Aerospace CenterScout BSpace Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Azur
Launched
November 8, 1969
Image: NASA
Summary
Azur launched on a German Aerospace Center Scout B from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on November 8, 1969. It was German Aerospace Center's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 1,030th orbital launch attempt. It was the 17th Scout B flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Azur, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 396 × 3,154 km orbit inclined 103.0°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout B · German Aerospace Center
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 17th Scout B flight · 2nd this yearGerman Aerospace Center's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 1,030th orbital launch attempt111th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Azur · NORAD 4221 · 1969-097 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- AZUR (GRS A)
- Object ID
- 1969-097A
- Epoch
- 1969-11-08 03:10:07 UTC
- Mean motion
- 11.80786751 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.1692769
- Inclination
- 102.9711°
- Ascending node
- 126.6582°
- Arg. of perigee
- 162.011°
- Mean anomaly
- 204.9165°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Elliptical. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 4 components; 1 still in orbit
- Azur · NORAD 4221 · in orbit
Scout S169C Stage 4 · re-entered November 15, 1999
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
NASA-GSFC and BMWF (German scientific research ministry) joint spacecraft designed to acquire data about the terrestrial radiation belt.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
37th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 2nd this year · 338th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
37 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Azur launch?
Azur launched on November 8, 1969. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Azur?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Azur?
Scout B, flown by German Aerospace Center. Scout B spec sheet
Where did Azur launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Azur reach?
Azur, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 396 × 3,154 km orbit inclined 103.0°.
How many satellites did Azur launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).