National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout F-1San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya
SAS 3
Launched
May 7, 1975
Image: NASA
Summary
SAS 3 launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout F-1 from San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya on May 7, 1975. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 128th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 1,691st orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Scout F-1 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of SAS 3, one of 2 catalogued objects, from May 10, 1975, was 509 × 518 km inclined 3.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Scout F-1 flightNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 128th launch1st this yearhumanity's 1,691st orbital launch attempt40th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SAS 3 · NORAD 7788 · 1975-037 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1975-037A
- Epoch
- 1975-05-10 11:00:35 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.19810999 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000629
- Inclination
- 2.9927°
- Ascending node
- 308.5318°
- Arg. of perigee
- 253.5449°
- Mean anomaly
- 106.3921°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 39
- B*
- 0.00026682
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- SAS 3 · NORAD 7788 · re-entered April 9, 1979
Scout S194C Stage 4 · re-entered September 9, 1979
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Astronomy research satellite
Pad
San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya
8th launch from San Marco platform, 1st this year · 8th from Broglio Space Center, Kenya
9 launches from this pad · 9 from Broglio Space Center, Kenya
204 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SAS 3 launch?
SAS 3 launched on May 7, 1975. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SAS 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SAS 3?
Scout F-1, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout F-1 spec sheet
Where did SAS 3 launch from?
San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya.
What orbit did SAS 3 reach?
The tracked orbit of SAS 3, one of 2 catalogued objects, from May 10, 1975, was 509 × 518 km inclined 3.0°.
How many satellites did SAS 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).