United States Air ForceDelta 0300Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
NOAA 2
Launched
October 15, 1972
Image: NOAA
Summary
NOAA 2 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 0300 from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 15, 1972. It was United States Air Force's 586th launch, 22nd this year and humanity's 1,395th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta 0300 flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). NOAA 2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 1,467 × 1,471 km orbit inclined 101.8°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 0300 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta 0300 flightUnited States Air Force's 586th launch22nd this yearhumanity's 1,395th orbital launch attempt89th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NOAA 2 · NORAD 6235 · 1972-082 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NOAA 2 (ITOS-D)
- Object ID
- 1972-082A
- Epoch
- 1972-10-15 18:24:34 UTC
- Mean motion
- 12.50649408 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000256
- Inclination
- 101.7599°
- Ascending node
- 336.5528°
- Arg. of perigee
- 78.2474°
- Mean anomaly
- 281.8839°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 3 still in orbit
- NOAA 2 · NORAD 6235 · in orbit
- AMSAT-OSCAR-6 · NORAD 6236 · in orbit
Delta 91 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Meteorological satellite using radiometric imaging
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
26th launch from Space Launch Complex 2W, 2nd this year · 391st from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
99 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
83 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did NOAA 2 launch?
NOAA 2 launched on October 15, 1972. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NOAA 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NOAA 2?
Delta 0300, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 0300 spec sheet
Where did NOAA 2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did NOAA 2 reach?
NOAA 2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 1,467 × 1,471 km orbit inclined 101.8°.
How many satellites did NOAA 2 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).