ArianespaceAriane 44PAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
ISO
Launched
November 17, 1995
Image: Arianespace
Summary
ISO launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44P from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on November 17, 1995. It was Arianespace's 79th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 4,029th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Ariane 44P flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). ISO, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 581 × 71,486 km orbit inclined 5.2°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44P · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 4th Ariane 44P flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 79th launch10th this yearhumanity's 4,029th orbital launch attempt68th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ISO · NORAD 23715 · 1995-062 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ISO
- Object ID
- 1995-062A
- Epoch
- 1995-11-17 00:43:11 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.99422293 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.8360455
- Inclination
- 5.1998°
- Ascending node
- 309.4546°
- Arg. of perigee
- 114.0293°
- Mean anomaly
- 346.6642°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- -0.086014
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
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 3 still in orbit
- ISO · NORAD 23715 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V80 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SO (Infrared Space Observatory) was a infrared space telescope designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS and NASA. ISO was designed to study infrared light at wavelengths of 2.5 to 240 micrometers to provide detailed infrared properties of selected Galactic and extragalactic sources.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
55th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 10th this year · 89th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
29 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did ISO launch?
ISO launched on November 17, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ISO?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ISO?
Ariane 44P, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44P spec sheet
Where did ISO launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did ISO reach?
ISO, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 581 × 71,486 km orbit inclined 5.2°.
How many satellites did ISO launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).