United States Air ForceDelta 2313Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sirio 1
Launched
August 25, 1977
Image: NASA
Summary
Sirio 1 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 2313 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 25, 1977. It was United States Air Force's 695th launch, 15th this year and humanity's 1,998th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Delta 2313 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 2313 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Delta 2313 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 695th launch15th this yearhumanity's 1,998th orbital launch attempt83rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 2 components; 2 still in orbit
- Sirio 1 · NORAD 10294 · in orbit
Delta 133 · in orbit
Delta 133 Stage 3 · re-entered November 10, 1982
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The SIRIO satellite is an experimental geostationary artificial telecommunications satellite, the first to be designed and built in Italy.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
60th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 4th this year · 329th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
42 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Sirio 1 launch?
Sirio 1 launched on August 25, 1977. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Sirio 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Sirio 1?
Delta 2313, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 2313 spec sheet
Where did Sirio 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was Sirio 1 going to?
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO), a communications mission.
How many satellites did Sirio 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).