United States Air ForceAtlas F/OISSpace Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Solwind
Launched
February 24, 1979
Image: NASA
Summary
Solwind launched on an United States Air Force Atlas F/OIS from Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on February 24, 1979. It was United States Air Force's 738th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 2,191st orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas F/OIS flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). P78-1, one of 288 catalogued objects, reached a 569 × 608 km orbit inclined 97.7°. 288 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas F/OIS · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Heliophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas F/OIS flightUnited States Air Force's 738th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 2,191st orbital launch attempt18th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
P78-1 · NORAD 11278 · 1979-017 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 288 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SOLWIND
- Object ID
- 1979-017A
- Epoch
- 1979-02-24 09:18:24 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.95395851 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0027714
- Inclination
- 97.6634°
- Ascending node
- 333.7189°
- Arg. of perigee
- 307.0327°
- Mean anomaly
- 40.8386°
- 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
288 catalogued: 1 payload, 284 debris, 3 components
- P78-1 · NORAD 11278
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Experimental scientific satellite dedicated to solar wind
Pad
Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
55th launch from Space Launch Complex 3W, 1st this year · 470th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
81 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
133 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Solwind launch?
Solwind launched on February 24, 1979. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Solwind?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Solwind?
Atlas F/OIS, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas F/OIS spec sheet
Where did Solwind launch from?
Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Solwind reach?
P78-1, one of 288 catalogued objects, reached a 569 × 608 km orbit inclined 97.7°.
How many satellites did Solwind launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).