Strategic Rocket ForcesStart-15, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
EROS A1
Launched
December 5, 2000
Image: Puskovie Uslugi
Summary
EROS A1 launched on a Strategic Rocket Forces Start-1 from 5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on December 5, 2000. It was Strategic Rocket Forces's 13th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,448th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Start-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). EROS A1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 499 × 514 km orbit inclined 97.3°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Start-1 · Strategic Rocket Forces
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Start-1 flight · 1st this yearStrategic Rocket Forces's 13th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,448th orbital launch attempt81st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
EROS A1 · NORAD 26631 · 2000-079 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EROS A1
- Object ID
- 2000-079A
- Epoch
- 2000-12-05 12:23:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.22297958 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010975
- Inclination
- 97.3204°
- Ascending node
- 40.9931°
- Arg. of perigee
- 116.8304°
- Mean anomaly
- 243.507°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- EROS A1 · NORAD 26631 · re-entered July 7, 2016
Start-1 (N3) Stage 4 · re-entered January 17, 2004
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
EROS A (Earth Resources Observation Systems A) is the first in a constellation of sun-synchronous, polar-orbiting satellites that ImageSat plans to deploy during this decade.
Pad
5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
3rd launch from 5, 1st this year · 3rd from Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
5 launches from this pad · 5 from Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
about 3 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did EROS A1 launch?
EROS A1 launched on December 5, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch EROS A1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched EROS A1?
Start-1, flown by Strategic Rocket Forces. Start-1 spec sheet
Where did EROS A1 launch from?
5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did EROS A1 reach?
EROS A1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 499 × 514 km orbit inclined 97.3°.
How many satellites did EROS A1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).