National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout G-1Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Magsat
Launched
October 30, 1979
Image: NASA
Summary
Magsat launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout G-1 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 30, 1979. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 134th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 2,271st orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Scout G-1 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Magsat, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 363 × 571 km orbit inclined 96.8°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Scout G-1 flightNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 134th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 2,271st orbital launch attempt98th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Magsat · NORAD 11604 · 1979-094 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MAGSAT
- Object ID
- 1979-094A
- Epoch
- 1979-10-30 18:23:53 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.35318661 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.015262
- Inclination
- 96.801°
- Ascending node
- 308.0535°
- Arg. of perigee
- 134.3534°
- Mean anomaly
- 227.0336°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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
- Magsat · NORAD 11604 · re-entered June 11, 1980
Scout S203C Stage 4 · re-entered January 27, 1980
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Scientific satellite dedicated to near-earth magnetic fields measurements
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
54th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 1st this year · 475th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
552 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Magsat launch?
Magsat launched on October 30, 1979. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Magsat?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Magsat?
Scout G-1, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout G-1 spec sheet
Where did Magsat launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Magsat reach?
Magsat, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 363 × 571 km orbit inclined 96.8°.
How many satellites did Magsat launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).