National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout D-1Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
SAGE
Launched
February 18, 1979
Image: NASA
Summary
SAGE launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout D-1 from Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on February 18, 1979. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 133rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 2,187th orbital launch attempt. It was the 14th Scout D-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SAGE, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 556 × 668 km orbit inclined 54.9°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 14th Scout D-1 flight · 1st this yearNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 133rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 2,187th orbital launch attempt14th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SAGE · NORAD 11270 · 1979-013 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SAGE
- Object ID
- 1979-013A
- Epoch
- 1979-02-18 19:01:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.87799263 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0080252
- Inclination
- 54.9293°
- Ascending node
- 173.3074°
- Arg. of perigee
- 248.5127°
- Mean anomaly
- 111.9589°
- 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
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; none still in orbit
- SAGE · NORAD 11270 · re-entered April 11, 1989
Scout S202C Stage 4 · re-entered September 19, 1981
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Stratospheric research satellite
Pad
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
16th launch from Launch Area 3A, 1st this year · 45th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
18 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
about 3 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did SAGE launch?
SAGE launched on February 18, 1979. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SAGE?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SAGE?
Scout D-1, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout D-1 spec sheet
Where did SAGE launch from?
Launch Area 3A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did SAGE reach?
SAGE, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 556 × 668 km orbit inclined 54.9°.
How many satellites did SAGE launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).