National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout D-1Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
HCMM
Launched
April 26, 1978
Image: NASA
Summary
HCMM launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout D-1 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on April 26, 1978. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 132nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 2,087th orbital launch attempt. It was the 13th Scout D-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). HCMM, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 556 × 657 km orbit inclined 97.6°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 13th Scout D-1 flight · 1st this yearNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 132nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 2,087th orbital launch attempt42nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
HCMM · NORAD 10818 · 1978-041 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- HCMM
- Object ID
- 1978-041A
- Epoch
- 1978-04-26 11:22:35 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.89538288 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0072319
- Inclination
- 97.6037°
- Ascending node
- 64.3118°
- Arg. of perigee
- 266.8223°
- Mean anomaly
- 93.959°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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; none still in orbit
- HCMM · NORAD 10818 · re-entered December 22, 1981
Scout S201C Stage 4 · re-entered November 24, 1980
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Earth surface research satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
53rd launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 1st this year · 460th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
180 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did HCMM launch?
HCMM launched on April 26, 1978. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch HCMM?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched HCMM?
Scout D-1, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout D-1 spec sheet
Where did HCMM launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did HCMM reach?
HCMM, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 556 × 657 km orbit inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did HCMM launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).