National Center of Space ResearchDiamant BDiamant Launch Area, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Péole
Launched
December 12, 1970
Image: CNES
Summary
Péole launched on a National Center of Space Research Diamant B from Diamant Launch Area, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 12, 1970. It was National Center of Space Research's 7th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 1,165th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Diamant B flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Peole, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 519 × 749 km orbit inclined 15.0°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Diamant B · National Center of Space Research
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Diamant B flightNational Center of Space Research's 7th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 1,165th orbital launch attempt119th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Peole · NORAD 4801 · 1970-109 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- PEOLE
- Object ID
- 1970-109A
- Epoch
- 1970-12-13 19:48:45 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.80825424 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0164499
- Inclination
- 15.0001°
- Ascending node
- 197.4489°
- Arg. of perigee
- 213.165°
- Mean anomaly
- 145.8239°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 18
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 4 components; none still in orbit
- Peole · NORAD 4801 · re-entered June 16, 1980
Diamant B No. 2 Stage 3 · re-entered December 23, 2001
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
First French experimental data relay satellite for meteorological data.
Pad
Diamant Launch Area, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
2nd launch from Diamant Launch Area, 2nd this year · 2nd from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
8 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
277 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Péole launch?
Péole launched on December 12, 1970. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Péole?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Péole?
Diamant B, flown by National Center of Space Research. Diamant B spec sheet
Where did Péole launch from?
Diamant Launch Area, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Péole reach?
Peole, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 519 × 749 km orbit inclined 15.0°.
How many satellites did Péole launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).