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United States Air ForceDelta 3920-8Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Delta Star
Launched
March 24, 1989
Summary
Delta Star launched on an United States Air Force Delta 3920-8 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 24, 1989. It was United States Air Force's 865th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 3,400th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta 3920-8 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 501 × 511 km orbit inclined 47.7°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 3920-8 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta 3920-8 flightUnited States Air Force's 865th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 3,400th orbital launch attempt26th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Delta Star · NORAD 19911 · 1989-026 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- USA 36
- Object ID
- 1989-026A
- Epoch
- 1989-03-24 21:43:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.22343431 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000691
- Inclination
- 47.7°
- Ascending node
- 23.0879°
- Arg. of perigee
- 307.7527°
- Mean anomaly
- 52.2768°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.0000066794
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
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- Delta Star · NORAD 19911 · re-entered June 23, 1992
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SDI experiment
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
77th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 416th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
409 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Delta Star launch?
Delta Star launched on March 24, 1989. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Delta Star?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Delta Star?
Delta 3920-8, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 3920-8 spec sheet
Where did Delta Star launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Delta Star reach?
It reached a 501 × 511 km orbit inclined 47.7°.
How many satellites did Delta Star launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).