Orbital ATKMinotaur CSpace Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
6 x SkySat & 4 x Dove
Launched
October 31, 2017
Image: Senior Airman Ian Dudley
Summary
Dedicated rideshare launched on an Orbital ATK Minotaur C from Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 31, 2017. It was Orbital ATK's 4th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 5,687th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Minotaur C flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). SkySat C11, one of 12 catalogued objects, reached a 507 × 534 km orbit inclined 97.3°. 12 objects from this launch are catalogued, 10 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Broadcast of Orbital ATK's Minotaur C Launch of Planet SatellitesOrbital ATK
- Vandenberg AFB Launches a Minotaur-C RocketVandenberg Space Force Base
- Vehicle
- Minotaur C · Orbital ATK
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 4th Minotaur C flight · 1st this yearOrbital ATK's 4th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 5,687th orbital launch attempt72nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SkySat C11 · NORAD 42987 · 2017-068 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 12 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2017-068A
- Epoch
- 2017-10-31 23:15:47 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.17489069 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0020024
- Inclination
- 97.3464°
- Ascending node
- 59.166°
- Arg. of perigee
- 219.1402°
- Mean anomaly
- 287.8894°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
12 catalogued: 10 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 6 still in orbit
- SkySat C11 · NORAD 42987 · in orbit
- SkySat C10 · NORAD 42988 · in orbit
- SkySat C9 · NORAD 42989 · in orbit
- SkySat C8 · NORAD 42990 · in orbit
- SkySat C7 · NORAD 42991 · in orbit
- SkySat C6 · NORAD 42992 · in orbit
- Flock 3m-1 · NORAD 42995 · re-entered March 24, 2023
- Flock 3m-3 (POD-1) · NORAD 42996 · re-entered April 4, 2023
- Flock 3m-4 · NORAD 42997 · re-entered February 28, 2023
- Flock 3m-2 · NORAD 42998 · re-entered March 29, 2023
Minotaur-C T10 Stage 4 · re-entered January 4, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Dedicated rideshare
Pad
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
9th launch from Space Launch Complex 576E, 1st this year · 672nd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
9 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
about 9 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Dedicated rideshare launch?
Dedicated rideshare launched on October 31, 2017. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Dedicated rideshare?
Coverage: Broadcast of Orbital ATK's Minotaur C Launch of Planet Satellites; Vandenberg AFB Launches a Minotaur-C Rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Dedicated rideshare?
Minotaur C, flown by Orbital ATK. Minotaur C spec sheet
Where did Dedicated rideshare launch from?
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Dedicated rideshare reach?
SkySat C11, one of 12 catalogued objects, reached a 507 × 534 km orbit inclined 97.3°.
How many satellites did Dedicated rideshare launch?
10 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).