National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout G-1Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SAMPEX
Launched
July 3, 1992
Image: NASA
Summary
SAMPEX launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout G-1 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 3, 1992. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 137th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,727th orbital launch attempt. It was the 14th Scout G-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SAMPEX, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 523 × 695 km orbit inclined 81.7°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Planetary Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 14th Scout G-1 flight · 1st this yearNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 137th launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,727th orbital launch attempt39th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SAMPEX · NORAD 22012 · 1992-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SAMPEX
- Object ID
- 1992-038A
- Epoch
- 1992-07-04 02:38:12 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.88811481 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0123288
- Inclination
- 81.6715°
- Ascending node
- 202.0947°
- Arg. of perigee
- 203.741°
- Mean anomaly
- 155.807°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 8
- B*
- -0.005124
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 2 components; none still in orbit
- SAMPEX · NORAD 22012 · re-entered November 13, 2012
Scout S215C Stage 4 · re-entered January 28, 2002
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The main objectives of SAMPEX (Solar Anomalous & Magnetospheric Particle Explorer) experiments was to obtain data for several continuous years on the anomalous, components of cosmic rays, on energetic particle emissions from the sun, and on the precipitating magnetospheric relativistic electrons.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
66th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 1st this year · 551st from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
370 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SAMPEX launch?
SAMPEX launched on July 3, 1992. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SAMPEX?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SAMPEX?
Scout G-1, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout G-1 spec sheet
Where did SAMPEX launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did SAMPEX reach?
SAMPEX, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 523 × 695 km orbit inclined 81.7°.
How many satellites did SAMPEX launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).