United States Air ForceDelta II 7326-9.5Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
IMAGE
Launched
March 25, 2000
Image: NASA
Summary
IMAGE launched on an United States Air Force Delta II 7326-9.5 from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on March 25, 2000. It was United States Air Force's 1,021st launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,386th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Delta II 7326-9.5 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). IMAGE, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 1,002 × 46,122 km orbit inclined 89.9°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta II 7326-9.5 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Planetary Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 2nd Delta II 7326-9.5 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 1,021st launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,386th orbital launch attempt19th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
IMAGE · NORAD 26113 · 2000-017 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- IMAGE
- Object ID
- 2000-017A
- Epoch
- 2000-03-25 21:34:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.67638907 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7536918
- Inclination
- 89.9345°
- Ascending node
- 192.8314°
- Arg. of perigee
- 319.9694°
- Mean anomaly
- 3.7356°
- 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
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 3 components; 5 still in orbit
- IMAGE · NORAD 26113 · in orbit
Delta 277 · re-entered May 17, 2000
Delta 277 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration) uses neutral atom, ultraviolet, and radio imaging techniques to identify the dominant mechanisms for injecting plasma into the magnetosphere on substorm and magnetic storm time scales, determine the directly driven response of the magnetosphere to solar wind changes; and, discover how and where magnetospheric plasmas are energized, transported, and subsequently lost during substorms and magnetic storms.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
64th launch from Space Launch Complex 2W, 1st this year · 600th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
99 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
345 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did IMAGE launch?
IMAGE launched on March 25, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch IMAGE?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched IMAGE?
Delta II 7326-9.5, flown by United States Air Force. Delta II 7326-9.5 spec sheet
Where did IMAGE launch from?
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did IMAGE reach?
IMAGE, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 1,002 × 46,122 km orbit inclined 89.9°.
How many satellites did IMAGE launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).