United States Air ForceThor Delta E1Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
INTELSAT II F-4
Launched
September 28, 1967
Image: NASA
Summary
INTELSAT II F-4 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Delta E1 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 28, 1967. It was United States Air Force's 420th launch, 48th this year and humanity's 754th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Thor Delta E1 flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO). The tracked orbit of INTELSAT II F-4, one of 3 catalogued objects, from October 9, 1967, was 35,754 × 35,920 km inclined 0.9°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor Delta E1 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
- Milestone
- 8th Thor Delta E1 flight · 5th this yearUnited States Air Force's 420th launch48th this yearhumanity's 754th orbital launch attempt106th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT II F-4 · NORAD 2969 · 1967-094 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 2-F4
- Object ID
- 1967-094A
- Epoch
- 1967-10-09 16:09:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.00117387 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001959
- Inclination
- 0.8969°
- Ascending node
- 271.7376°
- Arg. of perigee
- 18.7937°
- Mean anomaly
- 149.8402°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 14
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GSO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 debris
- INTELSAT II F-4 · NORAD 2969
Delta 52 · re-entered December 26, 1967
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Intelsat II series of satellites, first launched in 1966, marked the third generation of communications satellites developed by Hughes.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
31st launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 5th this year · 210th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
20 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did INTELSAT II F-4 launch?
INTELSAT II F-4 launched on September 28, 1967. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT II F-4?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT II F-4?
Thor Delta E1, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Delta E1 spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT II F-4 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did INTELSAT II F-4 reach?
The tracked orbit of INTELSAT II F-4, one of 3 catalogued objects, from October 9, 1967, was 35,754 × 35,920 km inclined 0.9°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT II F-4 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).