United States Air ForceThor SLV-2A Agena DSpace Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
P-698BK Group 1-A
Launched
February 28, 1964
Image: Unknown
Summary
P-698BK Group 1-A launched on an United States Air Force Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on February 28, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 183rd launch, 8th this year and humanity's 305th orbital launch attempt. It was the 13th Thor SLV-2A Agena D flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). OPS 3722, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 496 × 524 km orbit inclined 82.1°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 13th Thor SLV-2A Agena D flight · 3rd this yearUnited States Air Force's 183rd launch8th this yearhumanity's 305th orbital launch attempt12th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 3722 · NORAD 759 · 1964-011 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1964-011A
- Epoch
- 1964-02-28 07:27:37 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.20972964 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0019685
- Inclination
- 82.0546°
- Ascending node
- 272.6332°
- Arg. of perigee
- 62.6995°
- Mean anomaly
- 297.5018°
- 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
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 3 debris; none still in orbit
- OPS 3722 · NORAD 759 · re-entered February 19, 1969
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ELINT/SIGINT satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
29th launch from Space Launch Complex 1E, 2nd this year · 123rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
45 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
47 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did P-698BK Group 1-A launch?
P-698BK Group 1-A launched on February 28, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch P-698BK Group 1-A?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched P-698BK Group 1-A?
Thor SLV-2A Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Thor SLV-2A Agena D spec sheet
Where did P-698BK Group 1-A launch from?
Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did P-698BK Group 1-A reach?
OPS 3722, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 496 × 524 km orbit inclined 82.1°.
How many satellites did P-698BK Group 1-A launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).