European Space Research OrganisationScout BSpace Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
ESRO 1B (Boreas)
Launched
October 1, 1969
Image: NASA
Summary
ESRO 1B (Boreas) launched on an European Space Research Organisation Scout B from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 1, 1969. It was European Space Research Organisation's 4th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 1,016th orbital launch attempt. It was the 16th Scout B flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Boreas, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 240 × 448 km orbit inclined 84.5°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout B · European Space Research Organisation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 16th Scout B flight · 1st this yearEuropean Space Research Organisation's 4th launch1st this yearhumanity's 1,016th orbital launch attempt97th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Boreas · NORAD 4114 · 1969-083 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1969-083A
- Epoch
- 1969-10-02 00:59:12 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.77696822 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.015503
- Inclination
- 84.47°
- Ascending node
- 50.578°
- Arg. of perigee
- 316.9862°
- Mean anomaly
- 41.9318°
- 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; none still in orbit
- Boreas · NORAD 4114 · re-entered November 23, 1969
Scout 172C Stage 4 · re-entered November 3, 1969
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ESRO-1B / Boreas (European Space Research Organisation) was a 80 kg, cylindrically shaped, solar-cell-powered spacecraft instrumented with seven scientific experiments chosen to measure a comprehensive range of auroral effects.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
36th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 1st this year · 336th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
363 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did ESRO 1B (Boreas) launch?
ESRO 1B (Boreas) launched on October 1, 1969. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ESRO 1B (Boreas)?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ESRO 1B (Boreas)?
Scout B, flown by European Space Research Organisation. Scout B spec sheet
Where did ESRO 1B (Boreas) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did ESRO 1B (Boreas) reach?
Boreas, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 240 × 448 km orbit inclined 84.5°.
How many satellites did ESRO 1B (Boreas) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).