United States Air ForceScout X-3MSpace Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
DSAP-1 F3
Launched
February 19, 1963
Summary
DSAP-1 F3 launched on an United States Air Force Scout X-3M from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on February 19, 1963. It was United States Air Force's 131st launch, 5th this year and humanity's 230th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Scout X-3M flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 0240, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 495 × 816 km orbit inclined 100.5°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout X-3M · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 1st Scout X-3M flightUnited States Air Force's 131st launch5th this yearhumanity's 230th orbital launch attempt6th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 0240 · NORAD 533 · 1963-005 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- FTV 0240
- Object ID
- 1963-005A
- Epoch
- 1963-02-20 05:18:16 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.73936441 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0228698
- Inclination
- 100.4708°
- Ascending node
- 95.6983°
- Arg. of perigee
- 338.4137°
- Mean anomaly
- 20.6372°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 8
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 2 components; none still in orbit
- OPS 0240 · NORAD 533 · re-entered December 26, 1979
Scout S126 Stage 4 · re-entered May 29, 1984
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The DSAP-1 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 1) satellites series, also known as P-35, was the first series of military meteorologal satellites of the USA.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
5th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 1st this year · 85th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
62 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did DSAP-1 F3 launch?
DSAP-1 F3 launched on February 19, 1963. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch DSAP-1 F3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched DSAP-1 F3?
Scout X-3M, flown by United States Air Force. Scout X-3M spec sheet
Where did DSAP-1 F3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did DSAP-1 F3 reach?
OPS 0240, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 495 × 816 km orbit inclined 100.5°.
How many satellites did DSAP-1 F3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).