United States Air ForceSM-65E AtlasSpace Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
NOAA 9
Launched
December 12, 1984
Image: NOAA
Summary
NOAA 9 launched on an United States Air Force SM-65E Atlas from Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 12, 1984. It was United States Air Force's 829th launch, 16th this year and humanity's 2,898th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th SM-65E Atlas flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). NOAA 9, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 863 × 885 km orbit inclined 98.9°. 3 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
- 4th SM-65E Atlas flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 829th launch16th this yearhumanity's 2,898th orbital launch attempt123rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NOAA 9 · NORAD 15427 · 1984-123 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NOAA 9
- Object ID
- 1984-123A
- Epoch
- 1984-12-12 11:47:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.07880208 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0015002
- Inclination
- 98.8585°
- Ascending node
- 296.0659°
- Arg. of perigee
- 335.4833°
- Mean anomaly
- 24.5621°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- 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
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 components; 1 still in orbit
- NOAA 9 · NORAD 15427 · 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
67th launch from Space Launch Complex 3W, 3rd this year · 518th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
81 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
94 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did NOAA 9 launch?
NOAA 9 launched on December 12, 1984. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NOAA 9?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NOAA 9?
SM-65E Atlas, flown by United States Air Force. SM-65E Atlas spec sheet
Where did NOAA 9 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did NOAA 9 reach?
NOAA 9, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 863 × 885 km orbit inclined 98.9°.
How many satellites did NOAA 9 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).