United States Air ForceDelta II 6925Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Geotail & DUVE
Launched
July 24, 1992
Image: NASA
Summary
Geotail & DUVE launched on an United States Air Force Delta II 6925 from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 24, 1992. It was United States Air Force's 913th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 3,733rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 13th Delta II 6925 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Geotail, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 192 × 359,925 km orbit inclined 28.7°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta II 6925 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Planetary Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 13th Delta II 6925 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 913th launch10th this yearhumanity's 3,733rd orbital launch attempt45th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Geotail · NORAD 22049 · 1992-044 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- GEOTAIL
- Object ID
- 1992-044A
- Epoch
- 1992-07-24 09:12:56 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.1078526 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.9647943
- Inclination
- 28.7044°
- Ascending node
- 339.6821°
- Arg. of perigee
- 150.7063°
- Mean anomaly
- 351.0523°
- 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: Elliptical. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages
- Geotail · NORAD 22049 · left Earth orbit July 25, 1992
Delta 212 · re-entered March 16, 1993
Delta 212 Stage 3 · left Earth orbit July 25, 1992
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Geotail mission measures global energy flow and transformation in the magnetotail to increase understanding of fundamental magnetospheric processes. The objective of tthe DUVE experiment is to perform sensitive spectroscopy of diffuse emissions from the interstellar medium to increase the understanding of the dynamics and evolution of the interstellar medium and the Galaxy.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
98th launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 2nd this year · 459th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
46 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Geotail & DUVE launch?
Geotail & DUVE launched on July 24, 1992. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Geotail & DUVE?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Geotail & DUVE?
Delta II 6925, flown by United States Air Force. Delta II 6925 spec sheet
Where did Geotail & DUVE launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Geotail & DUVE reach?
Geotail, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 192 × 359,925 km orbit inclined 28.7°.
How many satellites did Geotail & DUVE launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).