United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3D CentaurLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Einstein Observatory
Launched
November 13, 1978
Image: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Summary
Einstein Observatory launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3D Centaur from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 13, 1978. It was United States Air Force's 732nd launch, 28th this year and humanity's 2,152nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 20th Atlas SLV-3D Centaur flight and the 7th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Einstein Observatory, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 533 × 558 km orbit inclined 23.5°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 20th Atlas SLV-3D Centaur flight · 7th this yearUnited States Air Force's 732nd launch28th this yearhumanity's 2,152nd orbital launch attempt107th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Einstein Observatory · NORAD 11101 · 1978-103 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- HEAO 2
- Object ID
- 1978-103A
- Epoch
- 1978-11-13 09:40:27 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.09316041 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0018008
- Inclination
- 23.5118°
- Ascending node
- 320.3374°
- Arg. of perigee
- 271.9089°
- Mean anomaly
- 47.6497°
- 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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Einstein Observatory · NORAD 11101 · re-entered March 25, 1982
Centaur AC-52 · re-entered March 13, 1979
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Astrophysics research satellite
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
24th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 4th this year · 352nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
136 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Einstein Observatory launch?
Einstein Observatory launched on November 13, 1978. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Einstein Observatory?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Einstein Observatory?
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3D Centaur spec sheet
Where did Einstein Observatory launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Einstein Observatory reach?
Einstein Observatory, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 533 × 558 km orbit inclined 23.5°.
How many satellites did Einstein Observatory launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).