European Space Research OrganisationScout D-1Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
ESRO 4
Launched
November 22, 1972
Image: NASA
Summary
ESRO 4 launched on an European Space Research Organisation Scout D-1 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on November 22, 1972. It was European Space Research Organisation's 5th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 1,406th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Scout D-1 flight. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). ESRO IV, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 251 × 1,179 km orbit inclined 91.1°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout D-1 · European Space Research Organisation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 3rd Scout D-1 flightEuropean Space Research Organisation's 5th launch1st this yearhumanity's 1,406th orbital launch attempt100th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ESRO IV · NORAD 6285 · 1972-092 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1972-092A
- Epoch
- 1972-11-22 02:57:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.55406837 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0654526
- Inclination
- 91.1016°
- Ascending node
- 124.883°
- Arg. of perigee
- 176.2227°
- Mean anomaly
- 184.4248°
- 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: Elliptical. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- ESRO IV · NORAD 6285 · re-entered April 15, 1974
Scout S185C Stage 4 · re-entered July 9, 1973
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
European ionospheric and magnetospheric research satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
41st launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 2nd this year · 393rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
80 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did ESRO 4 launch?
ESRO 4 launched on November 22, 1972. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ESRO 4?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ESRO 4?
Scout D-1, flown by European Space Research Organisation. Scout D-1 spec sheet
Where did ESRO 4 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did ESRO 4 reach?
ESRO IV, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 251 × 1,179 km orbit inclined 91.1°.
How many satellites did ESRO 4 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).