Orbital Sciences CorporationPegasusCape Canaveral, Air launch to orbit
Satélite de Coleta de Dados-1 (SCD-1)
Launched
February 9, 1993
Image: NASA
Summary
SCD-1 launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus from Cape Canaveral, Air launch to orbit on February 9, 1993. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 3rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,794th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Pegasus flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Orbcomm CDS-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 734 × 797 km orbit inclined 25.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Pegasus · Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Pegasus flight · 1st this yearOrbital Sciences Corporation's 3rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,794th orbital launch attempt9th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Orbcomm CDS-1 · NORAD 22489 · 1993-009 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OXP 1
- Object ID
- 1993-009A
- Epoch
- 1993-02-09 14:09:58 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.4001692 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0043946
- Inclination
- 24.9695°
- Ascending node
- 186.1719°
- Arg. of perigee
- 337.6571°
- Mean anomaly
- 22.2023°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.000025785
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
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 3 still in orbit
- Orbcomm CDS-1 · NORAD 22489 · in orbit
- SCD-1 · NORAD 22490 · in orbit
Pegasus F03 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SCD-1 (Satelite de Coleta de Dados 1) was Brazil's first domestically built satellite, developed by INPE to relay meteorological and environmental readings from automatic data-collection platforms on land and at sea. Designed for one year, it operated for well over a decade.
Pad
Cape Canaveral, Air launch to orbit
1st launch from Cape Canaveral, 1st this year · 3rd from Air launch to orbit
7 launches from this pad · 52 from Air launch to orbit
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SCD-1 launch?
SCD-1 launched on February 9, 1993. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SCD-1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SCD-1?
Pegasus, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Pegasus spec sheet
Where did SCD-1 launch from?
Cape Canaveral, Air launch to orbit.
What orbit did SCD-1 reach?
Orbcomm CDS-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 734 × 797 km orbit inclined 25.0°.
How many satellites did SCD-1 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).