United States Air ForceAtlas IILaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Eutelsat II F-3
Launched
December 7, 1991
Summary
Eutelsat II F-3 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas II from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 7, 1991. It was United States Air Force's 903rd launch, 11th this year and humanity's 3,683rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas II flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Eutelsat II F-3, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 882 × 40,995 km orbit inclined 16.8°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas II · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas II flightUnited States Air Force's 903rd launch11th this yearhumanity's 3,683rd orbital launch attempt86th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Eutelsat II F-3 · NORAD 21803 · 1991-083 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EUTELSAT 2-F3
- Object ID
- 1991-083A
- Epoch
- 1991-12-07 17:18:31 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.92363891 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7344034
- Inclination
- 16.8102°
- Ascending node
- 235.3339°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.6375°
- Mean anomaly
- 190.2159°
- 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: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Eutelsat II F-3 · NORAD 21803
Centaur AC-102 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Communication satellite built by Aerospatiale for Eutelsat.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
39th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 2nd this year · 449th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
232 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Eutelsat II F-3 launch?
Eutelsat II F-3 launched on December 7, 1991. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Eutelsat II F-3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Eutelsat II F-3?
Atlas II, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas II spec sheet
Where did Eutelsat II F-3 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Eutelsat II F-3 reach?
Eutelsat II F-3, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 882 × 40,995 km orbit inclined 16.8°.
How many satellites did Eutelsat II F-3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).