United States Air ForceThor SLV-2A Agena DSpace Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Pageos
Launched
June 24, 1966
Image: Unknown
Summary
Pageos launched on an United States Air Force Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 24, 1966. It was United States Air Force's 334th launch, 35th this year and humanity's 580th orbital launch attempt. It was the 53rd Thor SLV-2A Agena D flight and the 8th this year. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). Pageos, one of 83 catalogued objects, reached a 4,236 × 4,253 km orbit inclined 87.2°. 83 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
- Earth Science · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 53rd Thor SLV-2A Agena D flight · 8th this yearUnited States Air Force's 334th launch35th this yearhumanity's 580th orbital launch attempt63rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Pageos · NORAD 2253 · 1966-056 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 83 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- PAGEOS 1
- Object ID
- 1966-056A
- Epoch
- 1966-06-24 04:37:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 7.93791547 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008008
- Inclination
- 87.1775°
- Ascending node
- 337.2479°
- Arg. of perigee
- 331.3194°
- Mean anomaly
- 28.6451°
- 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: PO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
83 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 79 debris, 2 components; 4 still in orbit
- Pageos · NORAD 2253 · re-entered September 2, 2016
Agena D 6311 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The PAGEOS (Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) spacecraft was a 30.48 m inflatable sphere, and had no instrumentation on board.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
27th launch from Space Launch Complex 2E, 2nd this year · 222nd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
47 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
39 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Pageos launch?
Pageos launched on June 24, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Pageos?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Pageos?
Thor SLV-2A Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Thor SLV-2A Agena D spec sheet
Where did Pageos launch from?
Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Pageos reach?
Pageos, one of 83 catalogued objects, reached a 4,236 × 4,253 km orbit inclined 87.2°.
How many satellites did Pageos launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).