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SpaceXFalcon 9 Full ThrustSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2
Launched
December 22, 2015
Summary
Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 22, 2015. It was SpaceX's 25th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 5,527th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Falcon 9 Full Thrust flight. Booster B1019 flew for the 1st time and landed at Landing Zone 1. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Orbcomm FM114, one of 11 catalogued objects, reached a 621 × 665 km orbit inclined 47.0°. 11 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1019 · flight 1 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 1 · landed53/54 landed here · 9 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Falcon 9 Full Thrust flightSpaceX's 25th launch7th this yearhumanity's 5,527th orbital launch attempt85th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Orbcomm FM114 · NORAD 41179 · 2015-081 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 11 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2015-081A
- Epoch
- 2015-12-22 03:32:32 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.78037346 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0031355
- Inclination
- 46.9986°
- Ascending node
- 2.3843°
- Arg. of perigee
- 19.4351°
- Mean anomaly
- 92.7125°
- 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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
11 catalogued: 11 payloads; 11 still in orbit
- Orbcomm FM114 · NORAD 41179 · in orbit
- Orbcomm FM119 · NORAD 41180 · in orbit
- Orbcomm FM105 · NORAD 41181 · in orbit
- Orbcomm FM110 · NORAD 41182 · in orbit
- Orbcomm FM118 · NORAD 41183 · in orbit
- Orbcomm FM112 · NORAD 41184 · in orbit
- Orbcomm FM113 · NORAD 41185 · in orbit
- Orbcomm FM115 · NORAD 41186 · in orbit
- Orbcomm FM108 · NORAD 41187 · in orbit
- Orbcomm FM117 · NORAD 41188 · in orbit
- Orbcomm FM116 · NORAD 41189 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
11 next generation Orbcomm-2 F satellites will be launched into Low Earth Orbit to enhance Orbcomm’s existing M2M network. The satellites will feature larger message and better performance, as well as providing better global coverage. Each of the new second generation satellites will be equivalent to 6 first generation craft.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
74th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 7th this year · 736th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
176 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2 launch?
Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2 launched on December 22, 2015. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2?
Coverage: ORBCOMM-2 Full Launch Webcast. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2?
Falcon 9 Full Thrust, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Full Thrust spec sheet
Where did Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1019 flew for the 1st time and landed at Landing Zone 1.
What orbit did Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2 reach?
Orbcomm FM114, one of 11 catalogued objects, reached a 621 × 665 km orbit inclined 47.0°.
How many satellites did Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2 launch?
11 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 11 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).