Orbital Sciences CorporationPegasus XLVandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit
OrbView-3
Launched
June 26, 2003 · 18:53 UTC
Image: NASA/Laurie Losey
Summary
OrbView-3 launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit on June 26, 2003 at 18:53 UTC. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 42nd launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,606th orbital launch attempt. It was the 19th Pegasus XL flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Orbview-3, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 373 × 438 km orbit inclined 97.3°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Pegasus XL · Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 19th Pegasus XL flight · 3rd this yearOrbital Sciences Corporation's 42nd launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,606th orbital launch attempt30th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Orbview-3 · NORAD 27838 · 2003-030 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ORBVIEW 3
- Object ID
- 2003-030A
- Epoch
- 2003-06-26 19:52:05 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.56441422 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0047959
- Inclination
- 97.2799°
- Ascending node
- 250.4684°
- Arg. of perigee
- 171.3429°
- Mean anomaly
- 188.8763°
- 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: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Orbview-3 · NORAD 27838 · deorbited March 13, 2011
Pegasus F34 Stage 3 · re-entered February 22, 2004
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
OrbView-3 was a commercial high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite operated by Orbimage, providing one-metre panchromatic and four-metre multispectral imagery from a sun-synchronous orbit.
Pad
Vandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit
15th launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, 1st this year · 33rd from Air launch to orbit
22 launches from this pad · 52 from Air launch to orbit
about 3 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did OrbView-3 launch?
OrbView-3 launched on June 26, 2003 at 18:53 UTC.
Where can I watch OrbView-3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched OrbView-3?
Pegasus XL, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Pegasus XL spec sheet
Where did OrbView-3 launch from?
Vandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit.
What orbit did OrbView-3 reach?
Orbview-3, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 373 × 438 km orbit inclined 97.3°.
How many satellites did OrbView-3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).