United States Air ForceThor SLV-2A Agena DSpace Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
P-698BK Group 3-D 1
Launched
November 4, 1964
Image: Unknown
Summary
P-698BK Group 3-D 1 launched on an United States Air Force Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on November 4, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 221st launch, 46th this year and humanity's 377th orbital launch attempt. It was the 27th Thor SLV-2A Agena D flight and the 17th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). OPS 3062, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 517 × 533 km orbit inclined 82.0°. 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
- 27th Thor SLV-2A Agena D flight · 17th this yearUnited States Air Force's 221st launch46th this yearhumanity's 377th orbital launch attempt84th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 3062 · NORAD 922 · 1964-072 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1964-072A
- Epoch
- 1964-11-04 04:45:17 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.15936236 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0011775
- Inclination
- 82.0486°
- Ascending node
- 142.0968°
- Arg. of perigee
- 306.3878°
- Mean anomaly
- 53.504°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- 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 components; none still in orbit
- OPS 3062 · NORAD 922 · re-entered November 5, 1969
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ELINT/SIGINT satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
31st launch from Space Launch Complex 1E, 4th this year · 153rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
45 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
124 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did P-698BK Group 3-D 1 launch?
P-698BK Group 3-D 1 launched on November 4, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch P-698BK Group 3-D 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched P-698BK Group 3-D 1?
Thor SLV-2A Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Thor SLV-2A Agena D spec sheet
Where did P-698BK Group 3-D 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did P-698BK Group 3-D 1 reach?
OPS 3062, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 517 × 533 km orbit inclined 82.0°.
How many satellites did P-698BK Group 3-D 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).