United States Air ForceDelta 2310Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
NOAA 5
Launched
July 29, 1976
Image: NASA
Summary
NOAA 5 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 2310 from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 29, 1976. It was United States Air Force's 674th launch, 19th this year and humanity's 1,861st orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Delta 2310 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). NOAA 5, one of 186 catalogued objects, reached a 1,515 × 1,527 km orbit inclined 102.1°. 186 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 2310 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Delta 2310 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 674th launch19th this yearhumanity's 1,861st orbital launch attempt78th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NOAA 5 · NORAD 9057 · 1976-077 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 186 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NOAA 5
- Object ID
- 1976-077A
- Epoch
- 1976-07-31 10:55:23 UTC
- Mean motion
- 12.38296223 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008127
- Inclination
- 102.0984°
- Ascending node
- 258.0461°
- Arg. of perigee
- 241.6084°
- Mean anomaly
- 118.4115°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 22
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
186 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 184 debris; 173 still in orbit
- NOAA 5 · NORAD 9057 · in orbit
Delta 126 · broke up December 24, 1977
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Meteorological satellite using radiometric imaging
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
38th launch from Space Launch Complex 2W, 2nd this year · 443rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
99 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
86 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did NOAA 5 launch?
NOAA 5 launched on July 29, 1976. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NOAA 5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NOAA 5?
Delta 2310, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 2310 spec sheet
Where did NOAA 5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did NOAA 5 reach?
NOAA 5, one of 186 catalogued objects, reached a 1,515 × 1,527 km orbit inclined 102.1°.
How many satellites did NOAA 5 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).