National Center of Space ResearchScout B-1Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Eole
Launched
August 16, 1971
Image: NASA
Summary
Eole launched on a National Center of Space Research Scout B-1 from Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on August 16, 1971. It was National Center of Space Research's 9th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 1,252nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Scout B-1 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Eole, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 685 × 912 km orbit inclined 50.1°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout B-1 · National Center of Space Research
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Scout B-1 flightNational Center of Space Research's 9th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 1,252nd orbital launch attempt81st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Eole · NORAD 5435 · 1971-071 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EOLE 1 (CAS-A)
- Object ID
- 1971-071A
- Epoch
- 1971-08-16 21:30:08 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.30004692 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.015818
- Inclination
- 50.1237°
- Ascending node
- 29.9763°
- Arg. of perigee
- 313.5634°
- Mean anomaly
- 45.2201°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- 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
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 2 components; 3 still in orbit
- Eole · NORAD 5435 · in orbit
Scout S180C Stage 4 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Second French experimental data relay satellite for meteorological data.
Pad
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
12th launch from Launch Area 3A, 2nd this year · 41st from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
18 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
38 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Eole launch?
Eole launched on August 16, 1971. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Eole?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Eole?
Scout B-1, flown by National Center of Space Research. Scout B-1 spec sheet
Where did Eole launch from?
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did Eole reach?
Eole, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 685 × 912 km orbit inclined 50.1°.
How many satellites did Eole launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).