Lockheed MartinAtlas IIALaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Hot Bird 5
Launched
October 9, 1998
Image: Department of Defense
Summary
Hot Bird 5 launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 9, 1998. It was Lockheed Martin's 37th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 4,269th orbital launch attempt. It was the 14th Atlas IIA flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Hot Bird 5, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 170 × 35,638 km orbit inclined 24.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIA · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 14th Atlas IIA flight · 2nd this yearLockheed Martin's 37th launch6th this yearhumanity's 4,269th orbital launch attempt62nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Hot Bird 5 · NORAD 25495 · 1998-057 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- HOT BIRD 5
- Object ID
- 1998-057A
- Epoch
- 1998-10-09 18:05:53 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.29543617 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7305533
- Inclination
- 24.9063°
- Ascending node
- 183.9877°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.3869°
- Mean anomaly
- 182.5388°
- 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: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Hot Bird 5 · NORAD 25495
Centaur AC-134 · re-entered April 14, 1999
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
64th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 2nd this year · 552nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
223 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Hot Bird 5 launch?
Hot Bird 5 launched on October 9, 1998. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Hot Bird 5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Hot Bird 5?
Atlas IIA, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIA spec sheet
Where did Hot Bird 5 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Hot Bird 5 reach?
Hot Bird 5, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 170 × 35,638 km orbit inclined 24.9°.
How many satellites did Hot Bird 5 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).