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United States Air ForceDelta 3910/PAMSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SBS 2
Launched
September 24, 1981
Summary
SBS 2 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 3910/PAM from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 24, 1981. It was United States Air Force's 775th launch, 11th this year and humanity's 2,489th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Delta 3910/PAM flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). SBS 2, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 173 × 36,830 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
- 2nd Delta 3910/PAM flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 775th launch11th this yearhumanity's 2,489th orbital launch attempt98th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SBS 2 · NORAD 12855 · 1981-096 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SBS 2
- Object ID
- 1981-096A
- Epoch
- 1981-09-24 18:45:16 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.2132668 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7369064
- Inclination
- 27.7006°
- Ascending node
- 143.889°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.1386°
- Mean anomaly
- 183.8813°
- 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 2 · NORAD 12855
Delta 156 PAM-D · re-entered April 15, 1982
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
73rd launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 2nd this year · 375th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
125 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SBS 2 launch?
SBS 2 launched on September 24, 1981. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SBS 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SBS 2?
Delta 3910/PAM, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 3910/PAM spec sheet
Where did SBS 2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did SBS 2 reach?
SBS 2, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 173 × 36,830 km orbit inclined 27.7°.
How many satellites did SBS 2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).