United States Air ForceSM-65E AtlasSpace Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
NOAA 10
Launched
September 17, 1986
Image: NOAA
Summary
NOAA 10 launched on an United States Air Force SM-65E Atlas from Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 17, 1986. It was United States Air Force's 844th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 3,107th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th SM-65E Atlas flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). NOAA 10, one of 9 catalogued objects, reached a 814 × 833 km orbit inclined 98.8°. 9 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- SM-65E Atlas · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 5th SM-65E Atlas flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 844th launch5th this yearhumanity's 3,107th orbital launch attempt78th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NOAA 10 · NORAD 16969 · 1986-073 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 9 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NOAA 10
- Object ID
- 1986-073A
- Epoch
- 1986-09-17 20:19:40 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.22590732 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0013038
- Inclination
- 98.7509°
- Ascending node
- 288.8466°
- Arg. of perigee
- 277.0444°
- Mean anomaly
- 82.9227°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
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
9 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 debris, 6 components; 1 still in orbit
- NOAA 10 · NORAD 16969 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
70th launch from Space Launch Complex 3W, 1st this year · 526th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
81 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
343 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did NOAA 10 launch?
NOAA 10 launched on September 17, 1986. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NOAA 10?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NOAA 10?
SM-65E Atlas, flown by United States Air Force. SM-65E Atlas spec sheet
Where did NOAA 10 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did NOAA 10 reach?
NOAA 10, one of 9 catalogued objects, reached a 814 × 833 km orbit inclined 98.8°.
How many satellites did NOAA 10 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).