National Center of Space ResearchDiamant BDiamant Launch Area, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dial Wika
Launched
March 10, 1970
Image: CNES
Summary
Dial Wika launched on a National Center of Space Research Diamant B from Diamant Launch Area, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on March 10, 1970. It was National Center of Space Research's 6th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 1,065th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Diamant B flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Wika, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 320 × 1,632 km orbit inclined 5.4°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Diamant B · National Center of Space Research
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Diamant B flightNational Center of Space Research's 6th launch1st this yearhumanity's 1,065th orbital launch attempt19th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Wika · NORAD 4344 · 1970-017 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- WIKA (DIAL)
- Object ID
- 1970-017A
- Epoch
- 1970-03-11 17:31:05 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.78557438 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.08931
- Inclination
- 5.4228°
- Ascending node
- 191.8141°
- Arg. of perigee
- 104.9656°
- Mean anomaly
- 265.0933°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 17
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 2 payloads; none still in orbit
- Wika · NORAD 4344 · re-entered October 5, 1978
- Mika · NORAD 4345 · re-entered September 9, 1974
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
French-German scientific satellite with four experiments aboard.
Pad
Diamant Launch Area, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
1st launch from Diamant Launch Area, 1st this year · 1st from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
8 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Dial Wika launch?
Dial Wika launched on March 10, 1970. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Dial Wika?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Dial Wika?
Diamant B, flown by National Center of Space Research. Diamant B spec sheet
Where did Dial Wika launch from?
Diamant Launch Area, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Dial Wika reach?
Wika, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 320 × 1,632 km orbit inclined 5.4°.
How many satellites did Dial Wika launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).