United States Air ForceTitan IIICSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Gemini B
Launched
November 3, 1966
Image: U.S. DoD
Summary
Gemini B launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIC from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 3, 1966. It was United States Air Force's 362nd launch, 63rd this year and humanity's 627th orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Titan IIIC flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of MOL Canister, one of 4 catalogued objects, from November 6, 1966, was 307 × 314 km inclined 32.8°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan IIIC · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 6th Titan IIIC flight · 3rd this yearUnited States Air Force's 362nd launch63rd this yearhumanity's 627th orbital launch attempt110th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
MOL Canister · NORAD 2524 · 1966-099 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1966-099A
- Epoch
- 1966-11-06 01:42:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.89544237 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004801
- Inclination
- 32.8338°
- Ascending node
- 29.8957°
- Arg. of perigee
- 325.6367°
- Mean anomaly
- 34.4307°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 40
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 4 payloads; none still in orbit
- MOL Canister · NORAD 2524 · re-entered January 9, 1967
- OV4-1R · NORAD 2526 · re-entered January 5, 1967
- OV1-6S · NORAD 2527 · re-entered December 31, 1966
- OV4-1T · NORAD 2528 · re-entered January 11, 1967
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Uncrewed suborbital test flight using the refurbished Gemini-2 capsule.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 1st this year · 187th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
383 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Gemini B launch?
Gemini B launched on November 3, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Gemini B?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Gemini B?
Titan IIIC, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIC spec sheet
Where did Gemini B launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Gemini B reach?
The tracked orbit of MOL Canister, one of 4 catalogued objects, from November 6, 1966, was 307 × 314 km inclined 32.8°.
How many satellites did Gemini B launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).