United States Air ForceDelta 4925-8Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Insat 1D
Launched
June 12, 1990
Summary
Insat 1D launched on an United States Air Force Delta 4925-8 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 12, 1990. It was United States Air Force's 885th launch, 9th this year and humanity's 3,529th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Delta 4925-8 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of Insat 1D, one of 3 catalogued objects, from June 15, 1990, was 32,395 × 39,969 km inclined 0.4°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 4925-8 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Delta 4925-8 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 885th launch9th this yearhumanity's 3,529th orbital launch attempt53rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Insat 1D · NORAD 20643 · 1990-051 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INSAT 1D
- Object ID
- 1990-051A
- Epoch
- 1990-06-15 00:46:23 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.98901834 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0889919
- Inclination
- 0.4226°
- Ascending node
- 179.3675°
- Arg. of perigee
- 157.8066°
- Mean anomaly
- 18.9771°
- 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.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 1 still in orbit
- Insat 1D · NORAD 20643 · in orbit
Delta 196 · re-entered July 12, 1990
Delta 196 Stage 3 · re-entered July 26, 1991
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
82nd launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 3rd this year · 434th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
59 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Insat 1D launch?
Insat 1D launched on June 12, 1990. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Insat 1D?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Insat 1D?
Delta 4925-8, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 4925-8 spec sheet
Where did Insat 1D launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Insat 1D reach?
The tracked orbit of Insat 1D, one of 3 catalogued objects, from June 15, 1990, was 32,395 × 39,969 km inclined 0.4°.
How many satellites did Insat 1D launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).