United States Air ForceDelta 1910Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
OSO 8
Launched
June 21, 1975
Image: NASA
Summary
OSO 8 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 1910 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 21, 1975. It was United States Air Force's 644th launch, 15th this year and humanity's 1,712th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta 1910 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). OSO 8, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 549 × 563 km orbit inclined 32.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 1910 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Heliophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta 1910 flightUnited States Air Force's 644th launch15th this yearhumanity's 1,712th orbital launch attempt61st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OSO 8 · NORAD 7970 · 1975-057 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OSO 8
- Object ID
- 1975-057A
- Epoch
- 1975-06-21 16:02:16 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.05945772 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001037
- Inclination
- 32.9457°
- Ascending node
- 240.4652°
- Arg. of perigee
- 353.6172°
- Mean anomaly
- 6.4338°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- 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.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- OSO 8 · NORAD 7970 · re-entered July 9, 1986
Delta 112 · re-entered April 9, 1981
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Solar observatory satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
51st launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 3rd this year · 296th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
44 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did OSO 8 launch?
OSO 8 launched on June 21, 1975. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch OSO 8?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched OSO 8?
Delta 1910, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 1910 spec sheet
Where did OSO 8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did OSO 8 reach?
OSO 8, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 549 × 563 km orbit inclined 32.9°.
How many satellites did OSO 8 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).