Orbital Sciences CorporationMinotaur ISpace Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
COSMIC 1-6
Launched
April 15, 2006
Image: NASA
Summary
COSMIC 1-6 launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur I from Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on April 15, 2006. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 50th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,763rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Minotaur I flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). COSMIC 1-6, one of 9 catalogued objects, reached a 503 × 544 km orbit inclined 72.0°. 9 objects from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Minotaur I · Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 5th Minotaur I flight · 1st this yearOrbital Sciences Corporation's 50th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,763rd orbital launch attempt13th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
COSMIC 1-6 · NORAD 29047 · 2006-011 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 9 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2006-011A
- Epoch
- 2006-04-15 05:51:19 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.16517142 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0029512
- Inclination
- 72.0166°
- Ascending node
- 300.754°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.5426°
- Mean anomaly
- 180.5779°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
9 catalogued: 6 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 2 debris; 6 still in orbit
- COSMIC 1-6 · NORAD 29047 · in orbit
- COSMIC 1-1 · NORAD 29048 · in orbit
- COSMIC 1-5 · NORAD 29049 · in orbit
- COSMIC 1-3 · NORAD 29050 · in orbit
- COSMIC 1-4 · NORAD 29051 · in orbit
- COSMIC 1-2 · NORAD 29052 · in orbit
Minotaur I (5) Stage 4 · re-entered February 3, 2018
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
In early 2001, the National Space Program Office (NSPO) of Taiwan, Republic of China, selected Orbital for a $56 million contract for the ROCSAT-3/COSMIC (Republic of China Satellite / Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) program. ROCSAT was renamed FORMOSAT in December 2004. The FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC program is an international collaboration between Taiwan and the United States that will use a constellation of six remote sensing microsatellites to collect atmospheric data for weather prediction and for ionosphere, climate and gravity research. Data from the satellites will be made freely available to the international scientific community in near real-time.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
5th launch from Space Launch Complex 8, 1st this year · 624th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
10 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
203 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did COSMIC 1-6 launch?
COSMIC 1-6 launched on April 15, 2006. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch COSMIC 1-6?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched COSMIC 1-6?
Minotaur I, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Minotaur I spec sheet
Where did COSMIC 1-6 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did COSMIC 1-6 reach?
COSMIC 1-6, one of 9 catalogued objects, reached a 503 × 544 km orbit inclined 72.0°.
How many satellites did COSMIC 1-6 launch?
6 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).