United States Air ForceDelta 4925-8Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Marcopolo 1
Launched
August 27, 1989
Summary
Marcopolo 1 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 4925-8 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 27, 1989. It was United States Air Force's 870th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 3,442nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta 4925-8 flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of Marcopolo 1, one of 3 catalogued objects, from September 1, 1989, was 35,786 × 35,792 km inclined 0.1°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 4925-8 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta 4925-8 flightUnited States Air Force's 870th launch7th this yearhumanity's 3,442nd orbital launch attempt68th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Marcopolo 1 · NORAD 20193 · 1989-067 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SIRIUS (MARCOPOLO 1)
- Object ID
- 1989-067A
- Epoch
- 1989-09-01 03:20:20 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.00289471 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000733
- Inclination
- 0.1392°
- Ascending node
- 279.1719°
- Arg. of perigee
- 349.7556°
- Mean anomaly
- 91.033°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- B*
- 0.000099999
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages
- Marcopolo 1 · NORAD 20193
Delta 187 · re-entered October 22, 1989
Delta 187 Stage 3 · re-entered October 14, 1990
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
British geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
78th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 2nd this year · 421st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
156 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Marcopolo 1 launch?
Marcopolo 1 launched on August 27, 1989. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Marcopolo 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Marcopolo 1?
Delta 4925-8, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 4925-8 spec sheet
Where did Marcopolo 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Marcopolo 1 reach?
The tracked orbit of Marcopolo 1, one of 3 catalogued objects, from September 1, 1989, was 35,786 × 35,792 km inclined 0.1°.
How many satellites did Marcopolo 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).