United States Air ForceTitan IIIDSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-9 1
Launched
June 15, 1971
Image: US Air Force
Summary
KH-9 1 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIID from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 15, 1971. It was United States Air Force's 551st launch, 15th this year and humanity's 1,232nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Titan IIID flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). OPS 7809, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 190 × 306 km orbit inclined 96.4°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan IIID · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Titan IIID flightUnited States Air Force's 551st launch15th this yearhumanity's 1,232nd orbital launch attempt61st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 7809 · NORAD 5297 · 1971-056 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1971-056A
- Epoch
- 1971-06-16 03:05:46 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.12329674 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00877
- Inclination
- 96.4104°
- Ascending node
- 238.8641°
- Arg. of perigee
- 170.2136°
- Mean anomaly
- 190.0831°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- 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
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- OPS 7809 · NORAD 5297 · deorbited August 6, 1971
Titan 23D-1 Stage 2 · re-entered June 20, 1971
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
28th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 1st this year · 365th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
about 4 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-9 1 launch?
KH-9 1 launched on June 15, 1971. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-9 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-9 1?
Titan IIID, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIID spec sheet
Where did KH-9 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-9 1 reach?
OPS 7809, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 190 × 306 km orbit inclined 96.4°.
How many satellites did KH-9 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).