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United States Air ForceDelta 3910/PAMSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SBS 1
Launched
November 15, 1980
Summary
SBS 1 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 3910/PAM from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 15, 1980. It was United States Air Force's 761st launch, 12th this year and humanity's 2,376th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta 3910/PAM flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). SBS 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 163 × 36,972 km orbit inclined 27.7°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 3910/PAM · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta 3910/PAM flightUnited States Air Force's 761st launch12th this yearhumanity's 2,376th orbital launch attempt93rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SBS 1 · NORAD 12065 · 1980-091 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SBS 1
- Object ID
- 1980-091A
- Epoch
- 1980-11-15 13:36:32 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.20446017 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7380006
- Inclination
- 27.6999°
- Ascending node
- 213.3728°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.7613°
- Mean anomaly
- 185.6258°
- 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: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- SBS 1 · NORAD 12065
Delta 153 PAM-D · re-entered May 3, 1981
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Company
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
71st launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 3rd this year · 368th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
67 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SBS 1 launch?
SBS 1 launched on November 15, 1980. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SBS 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SBS 1?
Delta 3910/PAM, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 3910/PAM spec sheet
Where did SBS 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did SBS 1 reach?
SBS 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 163 × 36,972 km orbit inclined 27.7°.
How many satellites did SBS 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).