United States Air ForceThor Burner 1Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
OPS 8386
Launched
May 20, 1965
Image: USAF
Summary
OPS 8386 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Burner 1 from Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 20, 1965. It was United States Air Force's 258th launch, 27th this year and humanity's 436th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Thor Burner 1 flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 8386, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 566 × 956 km orbit inclined 98.7°. 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor Burner 1 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 1st Thor Burner 1 flightUnited States Air Force's 258th launch27th this yearhumanity's 436th orbital launch attempt43rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 8386 · NORAD 1377 · 1965-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OPS 8386
- Object ID
- 1965-038A
- Epoch
- 1965-05-21 00:14:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.41434288 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0272989
- Inclination
- 98.6753°
- Ascending node
- 180.7477°
- Arg. of perigee
- 275.9401°
- Mean anomaly
- 80.9546°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 5
- 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
7 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 debris, 4 components; none still in orbit
- OPS 8386 · NORAD 1377 · re-entered March 9, 2012
Thor Burner 1 (1) Stage 2 · re-entered January 1, 1995
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The single DSAP-3 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 3) was a modified DSAP-2 satellite to provide experimental tactical access to weather data.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
3rd launch from Space Launch Complex 10W, 3rd this year · 174th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
31 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
63 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did OPS 8386 launch?
OPS 8386 launched on May 20, 1965. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch OPS 8386?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched OPS 8386?
Thor Burner 1, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Burner 1 spec sheet
Where did OPS 8386 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 10W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did OPS 8386 reach?
OPS 8386, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 566 × 956 km orbit inclined 98.7°.
How many satellites did OPS 8386 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).