United States Air ForceDelta 2914Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
NATO 3C
Launched
November 19, 1978
Image: NASA Kennedy Space Center
Summary
NATO 3C launched on an United States Air Force Delta 2914 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 19, 1978. It was United States Air Force's 733rd launch, 29th this year and humanity's 2,155th orbital launch attempt. It was the 28th Delta 2914 flight and the 6th this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of NATO 3C, one of 3 catalogued objects, from November 30, 1978, was 35,502 × 35,790 km inclined 4.4°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 2914 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 28th Delta 2914 flight · 6th this yearUnited States Air Force's 733rd launch29th this yearhumanity's 2,155th orbital launch attempt110th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NATO 3C · NORAD 11115 · 1978-106 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NATO 3C
- Object ID
- 1978-106A
- Epoch
- 1978-11-30 05:33:43 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.00800618 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0034274
- Inclination
- 4.414°
- Ascending node
- 302.2343°
- Arg. of perigee
- 217.3499°
- Mean anomaly
- 180°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 14
- B*
- 0
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; 1 still in orbit
- NATO 3C · NORAD 11115 · in orbit
Delta 146 · re-entered December 12, 1978
Delta 146 Stage 3 · re-entered November 28, 1982
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Military communications satellite providing links between officials of the various NATO nations.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
66th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 4th this year · 353rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
98 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did NATO 3C launch?
NATO 3C launched on November 19, 1978. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NATO 3C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NATO 3C?
Delta 2914, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 2914 spec sheet
Where did NATO 3C launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did NATO 3C reach?
The tracked orbit of NATO 3C, one of 3 catalogued objects, from November 30, 1978, was 35,502 × 35,790 km inclined 4.4°.
How many satellites did NATO 3C launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).