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Lockheed MartinAtlas IIIALaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
MBSAT
Launched
March 13, 2004
Summary
MBSAT launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIIA from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 13, 2004. It was Lockheed Martin's 72nd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,646th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Atlas IIIA flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). MBSAT, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 168 × 35,823 km orbit inclined 24.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIIA · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Atlas IIIA flight · 1st this yearLockheed Martin's 72nd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,646th orbital launch attempt7th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
MBSAT · NORAD 28184 · 2004-007 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MBSAT
- Object ID
- 2004-007A
- Epoch
- 2004-03-13 11:33:46 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28250333 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7316329
- Inclination
- 24.8584°
- Ascending node
- 77.0169°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.2126°
- Mean anomaly
- 188.1284°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.008025
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- MBSAT · NORAD 28184
Centaur AC-202 · re-entered July 1, 2011
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
MBSat 1 (Mobile Broadcasting Satellite) or Hanbyul is a mobile broadcasting satellite jointly built for the Japanese Mobile Broacasting Corp. and the South Korean SK Telecom.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
74th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 1st this year · 621st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
86 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did MBSAT launch?
MBSAT launched on March 13, 2004. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch MBSAT?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched MBSAT?
Atlas IIIA, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIIA spec sheet
Where did MBSAT launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did MBSAT reach?
MBSAT, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 168 × 35,823 km orbit inclined 24.9°.
How many satellites did MBSAT launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).