United States Air ForceDelta 3914Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
NATO 3D
Launched
November 14, 1984
Summary
NATO 3D launched on an United States Air Force Delta 3914 from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 14, 1984. It was United States Air Force's 827th launch, 14th this year and humanity's 2,890th orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Delta 3914 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). NATO 3D, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 417 × 36,425 km orbit inclined 22.9°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 3914 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 11th Delta 3914 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 827th launch14th this yearhumanity's 2,890th orbital launch attempt115th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NATO 3D · NORAD 15391 · 1984-115 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NATO 3D
- Object ID
- 1984-115A
- Epoch
- 1984-11-14 07:41:46 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.224 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7261956
- Inclination
- 22.8749°
- Ascending node
- 243.8749°
- Arg. of perigee
- 159.5085°
- Mean anomaly
- 227.378°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.000099999
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
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 3 still in orbit
- NATO 3D · NORAD 15391 · in orbit
Delta 177 · in orbit
Delta 177 Stage 3 · in orbit
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 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
83rd launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 2nd this year · 401st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
89 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did NATO 3D launch?
NATO 3D launched on November 14, 1984. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NATO 3D?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NATO 3D?
Delta 3914, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 3914 spec sheet
Where did NATO 3D launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did NATO 3D reach?
NATO 3D, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 417 × 36,425 km orbit inclined 22.9°.
How many satellites did NATO 3D launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
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