United Launch AllianceDelta II 7920H-10CSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

GLAST

Name: GLAST launch
Start: 2008-06-11T16:05:01.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Launched

June 11, 2008 · 16:05 UTC

Launch Successful

Summary

GLAST launched on an United Launch Alliance Delta II 7920H-10C from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 11, 2008 at 16:05 UTC. It was United Launch Alliance's 19th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,914th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta II 7920H-10C flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Fermi Gamma-ray Space Tel., one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 197 × 596 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.

Watch: No webcast on record.
Vehicle: Delta II 7920H-10C · United Launch Alliance
Booster: No booster details on record.
Mission: Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Milestone: 1st Delta II 7920H-10C flightUnited Launch Alliance's 19th launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,914th orbital launch attempt29th orbital launch attempt this year

Flight preview

Orbit: as tracked

28.5°Inclination

197 × 596 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements

92.3 minPeriodfrom mean elements

323.9°Ascending node

6700 d agoElement epoch2008-06-11 15:43 UTC · stale

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Tel. · NORAD 33053 · 2008-029 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects

Show the numbers

Object: TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
Object ID: 2008-029A
Epoch: 2008-06-11 15:43:55 UTC
Mean motion: 15.59411756 rev/day
Eccentricity: 0.0294805
Inclination: 28.5143°
Ascending node: 323.9476°
Arg. of perigee: 140.279°
Mean anomaly: 221.9886°
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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.

Catalogued objects

2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Tel. · NORAD 33053 · in orbit

Delta 333 · re-entered June 29, 2008

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

A joint mission between NASA, USA Department of Energy and government agencies of France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Sweden. Its mission to suvery astrophysical and cosmological phenomena, also has instruments to study Gamma-ray bursts.

News

1 story

NASA · Jun 17NASA’s Fermi Mission Uncovers Possible Sibling Supernova RemnantsA new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came from stellar siblings that once orbited each other. The first star’s detonation sent its binary companion hurtling through space, and then, after traveling for thousands of years, the surviving star blew up too.

Pad

Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

129th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 657th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Local pad time at liftoff: Jun 11, 12:05 PM EDT, in daylight

132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

258 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Questions

When did GLAST launch?

GLAST launched on June 11, 2008 at 16:05 UTC.

Where can I watch GLAST?

No webcast is on record for this launch.

What rocket launched GLAST?

Delta II 7920H-10C, flown by United Launch Alliance. Delta II 7920H-10C spec sheet

Where did GLAST launch from?

Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jun 11, 12:05 PM EDT local time at the pad.

What orbit did GLAST reach?

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Tel., one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 197 × 596 km orbit inclined 28.5°.

How many satellites did GLAST launch?

1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).