United States Air ForceDelta 1604Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
IMP 8
Launched
October 26, 1973
Image: NASA
Summary
IMP 8 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 1604 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 26, 1973. It was United States Air Force's 606th launch, 15th this year and humanity's 1,507th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Delta 1604 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 1604 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 2nd Delta 1604 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 606th launch15th this yearhumanity's 1,507th orbital launch attempt85th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 1 component
- IMP 8 · NORAD 6893 · left Earth orbit October 26, 1973
Delta 97 · re-entered November 29, 1996
Delta 97 Stage 3 · left Earth orbit October 26, 1973
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Earth-orbiting satellite designed to study interplanetary and outer magnetospheric regions.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
42nd launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 3rd this year · 277th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
137 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did IMP 8 launch?
IMP 8 launched on October 26, 1973. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch IMP 8?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched IMP 8?
Delta 1604, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 1604 spec sheet
Where did IMP 8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was IMP 8 going to?
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical), a astrophysics mission.
How many satellites did IMP 8 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).