United States Air ForceScout G-1Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
ITV 1 & 2
Launched
December 13, 1985
Summary
ITV 1 & 2 launched on an United States Air Force Scout G-1 from Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on December 13, 1985. It was United States Air Force's 839th launch, 9th this year and humanity's 3,022nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Scout G-1 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). ITV 1 Canister, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 321 × 780 km orbit inclined 37.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout G-1 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Target · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 5th Scout G-1 flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 839th launch9th this yearhumanity's 3,022nd orbital launch attempt118th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ITV 1 Canister · NORAD 16328 · 1985-114 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- USA 13
- Object ID
- 1985-114A
- Epoch
- 1985-12-13 07:02:20 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.07580138 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0331896
- Inclination
- 37.05°
- Ascending node
- 318.3362°
- Arg. of perigee
- 130.1408°
- Mean anomaly
- 232.6178°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; none still in orbit
- ITV 1 Canister · NORAD 16328 · re-entered May 11, 1989
- ITV 2 Balloon · NORAD 16329 · re-entered August 9, 1987
- ITV 2 Canister · NORAD 17257 · re-entered February 23, 1987
Scout S207C Stage 4 · re-entered April 11, 1988
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ASAT target satellites
Pad
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
18th launch from Launch Area 3A, 1st this year · 47th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
18 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
about 7 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did ITV 1 & 2 launch?
ITV 1 & 2 launched on December 13, 1985. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ITV 1 & 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ITV 1 & 2?
Scout G-1, flown by United States Air Force. Scout G-1 spec sheet
Where did ITV 1 & 2 launch from?
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did ITV 1 & 2 reach?
ITV 1 Canister, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 321 × 780 km orbit inclined 37.0°.
How many satellites did ITV 1 & 2 launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).