United States Air ForceTitan 34D TranstageSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
DSP F12
Launched
December 22, 1984
Summary
DSP F12 launched on an United States Air Force Titan 34D Transtage from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 22, 1984. It was United States Air Force's 830th launch, 17th this year and humanity's 2,904th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Titan 34D Transtage flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan 34D Transtage · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Titan 34D Transtage flightUnited States Air Force's 830th launch17th this yearhumanity's 2,904th orbital launch attempt129th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 2 still in orbit
- DSP F12 · NORAD 15453 · in orbit
Transtage D-13 · in orbit
Titan 34D-13 Stage 2 · re-entered January 17, 1985
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary early warning satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
30th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 3rd this year · 402nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
251 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did DSP F12 launch?
DSP F12 launched on December 22, 1984. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch DSP F12?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched DSP F12?
Titan 34D Transtage, flown by United States Air Force. Titan 34D Transtage spec sheet
Where did DSP F12 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was DSP F12 going to?
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did DSP F12 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).