United States Air ForceDelta II 6920-8Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
LACE & RME
Launched
February 14, 1990
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Summary
LACE & RME launched on an United States Air Force Delta II 6920-8 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 14, 1990. It was United States Air Force's 878th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 3,491st orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta II 6920-8 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). LACE, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 538 × 557 km orbit inclined 43.1°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta II 6920-8 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta II 6920-8 flightUnited States Air Force's 878th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 3,491st orbital launch attempt15th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
LACE · NORAD 20496 · 1990-015 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- LACE (USA 51)
- Object ID
- 1990-015A
- Epoch
- 1990-02-14 20:53:10 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.08662614 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0014028
- Inclination
- 43.0942°
- Ascending node
- 273.8026°
- Arg. of perigee
- 308.8077°
- Mean anomaly
- 51.0112°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0.0000070673
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
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- LACE · NORAD 20496 · re-entered May 24, 2000
- RME · NORAD 20497 · re-entered May 24, 1992
Delta 192 · re-entered December 7, 1990
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SDI experiment to validate laser beam relay functions for a ballistic missile defense system
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
80th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 428th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
64 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did LACE & RME launch?
LACE & RME launched on February 14, 1990. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch LACE & RME?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched LACE & RME?
Delta II 6920-8, flown by United States Air Force. Delta II 6920-8 spec sheet
Where did LACE & RME launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did LACE & RME reach?
LACE, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 538 × 557 km orbit inclined 43.1°.
How many satellites did LACE & RME launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).