United States Air ForceTitan IIICSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
DSCS-2 7 & 8
Launched
May 12, 1977
Image: U.S. DoD
Summary
DSCS-2 7 & 8 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIC from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 12, 1977. It was United States Air Force's 686th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 1,950th orbital launch attempt. It was the 27th Titan IIIC flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). DSCS II F-7, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 35,483 × 35,794 km orbit inclined 2.5°. 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
- 27th Titan IIIC flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 686th launch6th this yearhumanity's 1,950th orbital launch attempt35th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
DSCS II F-7 · NORAD 10000 · 1977-034 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OPS 9437 (DSCS II-7)
- Object ID
- 1977-034A
- Epoch
- 1977-05-13 08:58:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.00828275 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0037074
- Inclination
- 2.5075°
- Ascending node
- 271.3729°
- Arg. of perigee
- 0.2048°
- Mean anomaly
- 359.7987°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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-7 · NORAD 10000 · in orbit
- DSCS II F-8 · NORAD 10001 · in orbit
Transtage 32 · in orbit
Titan 23C-14 Stage 2 · re-entered May 14, 1977
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
17th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 2nd this year · 322nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
95 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did DSCS-2 7 & 8 launch?
DSCS-2 7 & 8 launched on May 12, 1977. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch DSCS-2 7 & 8?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched DSCS-2 7 & 8?
Titan IIIC, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIC spec sheet
Where did DSCS-2 7 & 8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did DSCS-2 7 & 8 reach?
DSCS II F-7, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 35,483 × 35,794 km orbit inclined 2.5°.
How many satellites did DSCS-2 7 & 8 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).