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United States Air ForceDelta II 7920-10Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
Launched
December 30, 1995
Summary
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer launched on an United States Air Force Delta II 7920-10 from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 30, 1995. It was United States Air Force's 958th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 4,041st orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Delta II 7920-10 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 573 × 591 km orbit inclined 23.0°. 5 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
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Delta II 7920-10 flightUnited States Air Force's 958th launch10th this yearhumanity's 4,041st orbital launch attempt80th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer · NORAD 23757 · 1995-074 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- XTE
- Object ID
- 1995-074A
- Epoch
- 1995-12-30 14:58:28 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.97510799 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0012854
- Inclination
- 22.9843°
- Ascending node
- 125.8128°
- Arg. of perigee
- 187.688°
- Mean anomaly
- 172.0053°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- 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
5 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 3 components; none still in orbit
- Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer · NORAD 23757 · re-entered April 30, 2018
Delta 230 · re-entered January 23, 1996
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The XTE (X-Ray Timing Explorer), renamed on orbit RXTE (Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer) mission has the primary objective to study the temporal and broad-band spectral phenomena associated with stellar and galactic systems containing compact objects in the energy range 2--200 keV and in time scales from microseconds to years.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
107th launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 1st this year · 506th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
660 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer launch?
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer launched on December 30, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer?
Delta II 7920-10, flown by United States Air Force. Delta II 7920-10 spec sheet
Where did Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer reach?
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 573 × 591 km orbit inclined 23.0°.
How many satellites did Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).