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United States Air ForceDelta 3914Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
OTS 2
Launched
May 11, 1978
Summary
OTS 2 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 3914 from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 11, 1978. It was United States Air Force's 717th launch, 13th this year and humanity's 2,090th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Delta 3914 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). OTS 2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 35,079 × 35,786 km orbit inclined 0.1°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 3914 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 4th Delta 3914 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 717th launch13th this yearhumanity's 2,090th orbital launch attempt45th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OTS 2 · NORAD 10855 · 1978-044 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OTS 2
- Object ID
- 1978-044A
- Epoch
- 1978-05-13 12:12:53 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.01573274 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.008459
- Inclination
- 0.129°
- Ascending node
- 295.439°
- Arg. of perigee
- 265.126°
- Mean anomaly
- 167.2899°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 2 still in orbit
- OTS 2 · NORAD 10855 · in orbit
Delta 141 · in orbit
Delta 141 Stage 3 · re-entered October 23, 1991
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Experimental communications satellite developed by ESRO and operated by ESA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
64th launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 2nd this year · 344th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
105 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did OTS 2 launch?
OTS 2 launched on May 11, 1978. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch OTS 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched OTS 2?
Delta 3914, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 3914 spec sheet
Where did OTS 2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did OTS 2 reach?
OTS 2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 35,079 × 35,786 km orbit inclined 0.1°.
How many satellites did OTS 2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).