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United States Air ForceThorad SLV-2G Agena DSpace Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Poppy 8A,B,C,D
Launched
September 30, 1969
Image: NASA
Summary
Poppy 8A,B,C,D launched on an United States Air Force Thorad SLV-2G Agena D from Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 30, 1969. It was United States Air Force's 506th launch, 32nd this year and humanity's 1,015th orbital launch attempt. It was the 25th Thorad SLV-2G Agena D flight and the 7th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). WESTON, one of 272 catalogued objects, reached a 449 × 496 km orbit inclined 69.6°. 272 objects from this launch are catalogued, 10 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thorad SLV-2G Agena D · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 25th Thorad SLV-2G Agena D flight · 7th this yearUnited States Air Force's 506th launch32nd this yearhumanity's 1,015th orbital launch attempt96th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
WESTON · NORAD 4111 · 1969-082 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 272 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1969-082A
- Epoch
- 1969-09-30 17:53:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.33579514 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.003473
- Inclination
- 69.636°
- Ascending node
- 288.1748°
- Arg. of perigee
- 59.3393°
- Mean anomaly
- 301.1147°
- 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
272 catalogued: 10 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 259 debris, 2 components; 62 still in orbit
- WESTON · NORAD 4111 · re-entered October 30, 1970
- SOICAL CONE · NORAD 4132 · in orbit
- SOICAL CYLINDER · NORAD 4166 · re-entered February 14, 2023
- Tempsat 2 · NORAD 4168 · in orbit
- OPS 7613 P/L 4 · NORAD 4237 · in orbit
- OPS 7613 P/L 5 · NORAD 4247 · in orbit
- OPS 7613 P/L 1 · NORAD 4256 · in orbit
- Timation II · NORAD 4257 · in orbit
- OPS 7613 P/L 3 · NORAD 4259 · in orbit
- OPS 7613 P/L 6 · NORAD 4295 · in orbit
Agena D 2706 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
52nd launch from Space Launch Complex 1W, 2nd this year · 335th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
56 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
61 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Poppy 8A,B,C,D launch?
Poppy 8A,B,C,D launched on September 30, 1969. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Poppy 8A,B,C,D?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Poppy 8A,B,C,D?
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Thorad SLV-2G Agena D spec sheet
Where did Poppy 8A,B,C,D launch from?
Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Poppy 8A,B,C,D reach?
WESTON, one of 272 catalogued objects, reached a 449 × 496 km orbit inclined 69.6°.
How many satellites did Poppy 8A,B,C,D launch?
10 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 8 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).