Orbital Sciences CorporationPegasus HybridCape Canaveral, Air launch to orbit
Satélite de Coleta de Dados-2 (SCD-2)
Launched
October 23, 1998
Image: NASA
Summary
SCD-2 launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus Hybrid from Cape Canaveral, Air launch to orbit on October 23, 1998. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 27th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 4,272nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Pegasus Hybrid flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SCD-2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 746 × 774 km orbit inclined 25.0°. 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
- 3rd Pegasus Hybrid flight · 1st this yearOrbital Sciences Corporation's 27th launch7th this yearhumanity's 4,272nd orbital launch attempt65th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SCD-2 · NORAD 25504 · 1998-060 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SCD 2
- Object ID
- 1998-060A
- Epoch
- 1998-10-23 01:43:57 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.41727563 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0019903
- Inclination
- 25.0032°
- Ascending node
- 220.5343°
- Arg. of perigee
- 313.7088°
- Mean anomaly
- 129.335°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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; 2 still in orbit
- SCD-2 · NORAD 25504 · in orbit
Pegasus F24 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SCD-2 was a Brazilian data-collection satellite built by INPE that relayed environmental readings from automatic ground platforms across Brazil, particularly the Amazon, to a central processing facility. It flew in a low-inclination orbit of about 750 km.
Pad
Cape Canaveral, Air launch to orbit
2nd launch from Cape Canaveral, 1st this year · 23rd from Air launch to orbit
7 launches from this pad · 52 from Air launch to orbit
about 6 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SCD-2 launch?
SCD-2 launched on October 23, 1998. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SCD-2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SCD-2?
Pegasus Hybrid, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Pegasus Hybrid spec sheet
Where did SCD-2 launch from?
Cape Canaveral, Air launch to orbit.
What orbit did SCD-2 reach?
SCD-2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 746 × 774 km orbit inclined 25.0°.
How many satellites did SCD-2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).