United States Air ForceTitan IIICSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
DSCS-2 13 & 14
Launched
November 21, 1979
Image: U.S. DoD
Summary
DSCS-2 13 & 14 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIC from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 21, 1979. It was United States Air Force's 748th launch, 12th this year and humanity's 2,275th orbital launch attempt. It was the 33rd Titan IIIC flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of DSCS II F-13, one of 4 catalogued objects, from November 23, 1979, was 35,601 × 35,796 km inclined 2.4°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan IIIC · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 33rd Titan IIIC flight · 3rd this yearUnited States Air Force's 748th launch12th this yearhumanity's 2,275th orbital launch attempt102nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
DSCS II F-13 · NORAD 11621 · 1979-098 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OPS 9443 (DSCS II-13)
- Object ID
- 1979-098A
- Epoch
- 1979-11-23 20:23:18 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.00611729 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0023107
- Inclination
- 2.4199°
- Ascending node
- 276.8556°
- Arg. of perigee
- 15.0359°
- Mean anomaly
- 345.6102°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 2 rocket stages; 3 still in orbit
- DSCS II F-13 · NORAD 11621 · in orbit
- DSCS II F-14 · NORAD 11622 · in orbit
Transtage 37 · in orbit
Titan 23C-19 Stage 2 · re-entered November 21, 1979
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Satellites designed to provide secure voice and data communications for the US military.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
23rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 3rd this year · 362nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
50 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did DSCS-2 13 & 14 launch?
DSCS-2 13 & 14 launched on November 21, 1979. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch DSCS-2 13 & 14?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched DSCS-2 13 & 14?
Titan IIIC, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIC spec sheet
Where did DSCS-2 13 & 14 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did DSCS-2 13 & 14 reach?
The tracked orbit of DSCS II F-13, one of 4 catalogued objects, from November 23, 1979, was 35,601 × 35,796 km inclined 2.4°.
How many satellites did DSCS-2 13 & 14 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).