United States Air ForceThor SLV-2A Agena DSpace Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
P-698BK Group 2-D 2
Launched
July 2, 1964
Image: Unknown
Summary
P-698BK Group 2-D 2 launched on an United States Air Force Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 2, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 200th launch, 25th this year and humanity's 337th orbital launch attempt. It was the 19th Thor SLV-2A Agena D flight and the 9th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 505 × 535 km orbit inclined 82.1°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- 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
- 19th Thor SLV-2A Agena D flight · 9th this yearUnited States Air Force's 200th launch25th this yearhumanity's 337th orbital launch attempt44th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 3395 · NORAD 824 · 1964-035 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1964-035A
- Epoch
- 1964-07-03 05:42:56 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.17744872 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0022178
- Inclination
- 82.0951°
- Ascending node
- 346.6094°
- Arg. of perigee
- 241.9769°
- Mean anomaly
- 117.7985°
- 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
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- OPS 3395 · NORAD 824 · re-entered August 7, 1969
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ELINT/SIGINT satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
30th launch from Space Launch Complex 1E, 3rd this year · 136th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
45 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
125 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did P-698BK Group 2-D 2 launch?
P-698BK Group 2-D 2 launched on July 2, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch P-698BK Group 2-D 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched P-698BK Group 2-D 2?
Thor SLV-2A Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Thor SLV-2A Agena D spec sheet
Where did P-698BK Group 2-D 2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did P-698BK Group 2-D 2 reach?
It reached a 505 × 535 km orbit inclined 82.1°.
How many satellites did P-698BK Group 2-D 2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).