United States Air ForceScout D-1Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
HILAT
Launched
June 27, 1983
Image: NASA
Summary
HILAT launched on an United States Air Force Scout D-1 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 27, 1983. It was United States Air Force's 806th launch, 11th this year and humanity's 2,710th orbital launch attempt. It was the 16th Scout D-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). P83-1, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 776 × 844 km orbit inclined 82.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout D-1 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 16th Scout D-1 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 806th launch11th this yearhumanity's 2,710th orbital launch attempt64th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
P83-1 · NORAD 14154 · 1983-063 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- HILAT
- Object ID
- 1983-063A
- Epoch
- 1983-06-27 16:42:32 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.26724879 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0047134
- Inclination
- 82.019°
- Ascending node
- 215.5104°
- Arg. of perigee
- 274.7708°
- Mean anomaly
- 84.7993°
- 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
5 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 3 components; 4 still in orbit
- P83-1 · NORAD 14154 · in orbit
Scout S205C Stage 4 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Refurbished Transit-O 16 satellite used to carry remote-sensing experiments and in situ measurements
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
56th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 1st this year · 505th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
about 2 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did HILAT launch?
HILAT launched on June 27, 1983. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch HILAT?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched HILAT?
Scout D-1, flown by United States Air Force. Scout D-1 spec sheet
Where did HILAT launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did HILAT reach?
P83-1, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 776 × 844 km orbit inclined 82.0°.
How many satellites did HILAT launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).