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United States Air ForceDelta 3924Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Satcom 5
Launched
October 28, 1982
Summary
Satcom 5 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 3924 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 28, 1982. It was United States Air Force's 792nd launch, 12th this year and humanity's 2,628th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta 3924 flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of Satcom 5, one of 3 catalogued objects, from October 31, 1982, was 36,002 × 36,598 km inclined 0.2°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 3924 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta 3924 flightUnited States Air Force's 792nd launch12th this yearhumanity's 2,628th orbital launch attempt111th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Satcom 5 · NORAD 13631 · 1982-105 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SATCOM C5
- Object ID
- 1982-105A
- Epoch
- 1982-10-31 19:54:24 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.98493169 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0069871
- Inclination
- 0.1747°
- Ascending node
- 253.9616°
- Arg. of perigee
- 330.1657°
- Mean anomaly
- 8.8809°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- B*
- 0.000099999
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 1 still in orbit
- Satcom 5 · NORAD 13631 · in orbit
Delta 165 · re-entered December 16, 1988
Delta 165 Stage 3 · re-entered February 9, 1984
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
69th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 2nd this year · 387th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
62 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Satcom 5 launch?
Satcom 5 launched on October 28, 1982. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Satcom 5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Satcom 5?
Delta 3924, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 3924 spec sheet
Where did Satcom 5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Satcom 5 reach?
The tracked orbit of Satcom 5, one of 3 catalogued objects, from October 31, 1982, was 36,002 × 36,598 km inclined 0.2°.
How many satellites did Satcom 5 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).