United States Air ForceThor Delta GSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Biosat 1
Launched
December 14, 1966
Image: NASA
Summary
Biosat 1 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Delta G from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 14, 1966. It was United States Air Force's 370th launch, 71st this year and humanity's 643rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Thor Delta G flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Bios 1 Adapter, one of 4 catalogued objects, from December 20, 1966, was 294 × 318 km inclined 33.5°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor Delta G · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Biology · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Thor Delta G flightUnited States Air Force's 370th launch71st this yearhumanity's 643rd orbital launch attempt126th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Bios 1 Adapter · NORAD 2631 · 1966-114 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1966-114C
- Epoch
- 1966-12-20 06:00:05 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91199422 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0017511
- Inclination
- 33.5016°
- Ascending node
- 129.3886°
- Arg. of perigee
- 27.8754°
- Mean anomaly
- 332.2595°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 87
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; none still in orbit
- Bios 1 Adapter · NORAD 2631 · re-entered January 10, 1967
- Biosatellite 1 Capsule · NORAD 2632 · re-entered February 15, 1967
Delta 43 · re-entered January 22, 1967
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The objectives of the Biosatellite, a.k.a. Biosat, Bios (Biological Satellite), were to determine the biological effects of the space environment upon daily rhythms of living organisms and to obtain and analyze available data on the performance in orbit of life support, altitude control, and other spacecraft systems, including instrumentation for recording biological data.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
34th launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 4th this year · 192nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
119 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Biosat 1 launch?
Biosat 1 launched on December 14, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Biosat 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Biosat 1?
Thor Delta G, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Delta G spec sheet
Where did Biosat 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Biosat 1 reach?
The tracked orbit of Bios 1 Adapter, one of 4 catalogued objects, from December 20, 1966, was 294 × 318 km inclined 33.5°.
How many satellites did Biosat 1 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).