United States Air ForceDelta 0300Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
NOAA 3
Launched
November 6, 1973
Summary
NOAA 3 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 0300 from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on November 6, 1973. It was United States Air Force's 609th launch, 18th this year and humanity's 1,515th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Delta 0300 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). NOAA 3, one of 222 catalogued objects, reached a 1,510 × 1,518 km orbit inclined 102.1°. 222 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- 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
- 3rd Delta 0300 flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 609th launch18th this yearhumanity's 1,515th orbital launch attempt93rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NOAA 3 · NORAD 6920 · 1973-086 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 222 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NOAA 3
- Object ID
- 1973-086A
- Epoch
- 1973-11-06 20:03:45 UTC
- Mean motion
- 12.39890671 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004979
- Inclination
- 102.0665°
- Ascending node
- 353.4973°
- Arg. of perigee
- 235.5659°
- Mean anomaly
- 124.4888°
- 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: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
222 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 220 debris; 195 still in orbit
- NOAA 3 · NORAD 6920 · in orbit
Delta 98 · broke up December 28, 1973
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Meteorological satellite using radiometric imaging
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
29th launch from Space Launch Complex 2W, 2nd this year · 406th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
99 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
112 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did NOAA 3 launch?
NOAA 3 launched on November 6, 1973. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NOAA 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NOAA 3?
Delta 0300, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 0300 spec sheet
Where did NOAA 3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did NOAA 3 reach?
NOAA 3, one of 222 catalogued objects, reached a 1,510 × 1,518 km orbit inclined 102.1°.
How many satellites did NOAA 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).