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United States Air ForceDelta 3910Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Solar Maximum Mission
Launched
February 14, 1980
Summary
Solar Maximum Mission launched on an United States Air Force Delta 3910 from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 14, 1980. It was United States Air Force's 753rd launch, 4th this year and humanity's 2,297th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta 3910 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Solar Maximum Mission, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 568 × 612 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 3910 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Heliophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta 3910 flightUnited States Air Force's 753rd launch4th this yearhumanity's 2,297th orbital launch attempt14th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Solar Maximum Mission · NORAD 11703 · 1980-014 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SMM
- Object ID
- 1980-014A
- Epoch
- 1980-02-14 17:07:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.94756887 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0031305
- Inclination
- 28.5021°
- Ascending node
- 202.831°
- Arg. of perigee
- 242.9748°
- Mean anomaly
- 116.7642°
- 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
- Solar Maximum Mission · NORAD 11703
Delta 151 · re-entered May 16, 1989
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Solarmax (also known as Solar Maximum Mission or SMM) was a solar observation satellite. Its primary mission was the study of solar flares.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
69th launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 1st this year · 365th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
69 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Solar Maximum Mission launch?
Solar Maximum Mission launched on February 14, 1980. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Solar Maximum Mission?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Solar Maximum Mission?
Delta 3910, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 3910 spec sheet
Where did Solar Maximum Mission launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Solar Maximum Mission reach?
Solar Maximum Mission, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 568 × 612 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
How many satellites did Solar Maximum Mission launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).