United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
RTS-1 1
Launched
June 9, 1966
Image: USAF
Summary
RTS-1 1 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 9, 1966. It was United States Air Force's 330th launch, 31st this year and humanity's 575th orbital launch attempt. It was the 25th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight and the 10th this year. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). FTV 1351, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 161 × 3,684 km orbit inclined 90.0°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 25th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight · 10th this yearUnited States Air Force's 330th launch31st this yearhumanity's 575th orbital launch attempt58th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
FTV 1351 · NORAD 2200 · 1966-051 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1966-051A
- Epoch
- 1966-06-09 21:34:09 UTC
- Mean motion
- 11.4948114 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.2124066
- Inclination
- 90.0151°
- Ascending node
- 262.0008°
- Arg. of perigee
- 166.348°
- Mean anomaly
- 200.5551°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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
3 catalogued: 3 payloads; none still in orbit
- FTV 1351 · NORAD 2200 · re-entered December 3, 1966
- ORS 2 · NORAD 2202 · re-entered March 12, 1967
- EGRS VI · NORAD 2205 · re-entered July 6, 1967
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The RTS-1 (Research Test Series 1), also known as MIDAS-RTS-1 or AFP-461, was an extension to the MIDAS program of early warning satellites.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
10th launch from Space Launch Complex 3E, 1st this year · 220th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
48 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
about 3 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did RTS-1 1 launch?
RTS-1 1 launched on June 9, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch RTS-1 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched RTS-1 1?
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did RTS-1 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did RTS-1 1 reach?
FTV 1351, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 161 × 3,684 km orbit inclined 90.0°.
How many satellites did RTS-1 1 launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).