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United States Air ForceDelta II 7920-10Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Radarsat
Launched
November 4, 1995
Summary
Radarsat launched on an United States Air Force Delta II 7920-10 from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on November 4, 1995. It was United States Air Force's 955th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 4,026th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta II 7920-10 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Radarsat, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 791 × 795 km orbit inclined 98.6°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta II 7920-10 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta II 7920-10 flightUnited States Air Force's 955th launch7th this yearhumanity's 4,026th orbital launch attempt65th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Radarsat · NORAD 23710 · 1995-059 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- RADARSAT
- Object ID
- 1995-059A
- Epoch
- 1995-11-04 20:24:40 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.31850965 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002539
- Inclination
- 98.5869°
- Ascending node
- 313.6895°
- Arg. of perigee
- 80.7909°
- Mean anomaly
- 279.3547°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- -0.020969
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, 1 rocket stage, 2 debris; 2 still in orbit
- Radarsat · NORAD 23710 · in orbit
Delta 229 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Radarsat 1, a Canadian-led international program and a major part of the overall Canadian Space Agency (CSA) program, is Canada's first remote-sensing satellite.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
48th launch from Space Launch Complex 2W, 1st this year · 565th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
99 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
about 6 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Radarsat launch?
Radarsat launched on November 4, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Radarsat?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Radarsat?
Delta II 7920-10, flown by United States Air Force. Delta II 7920-10 spec sheet
Where did Radarsat launch from?
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Radarsat reach?
Radarsat, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 791 × 795 km orbit inclined 98.6°.
How many satellites did Radarsat launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).