Orbital Sciences CorporationMinotaur ILaunch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Tacsat 3
Launched
May 19, 2009
Image: NASA
Summary
Tacsat 3 launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur I from Launch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on May 19, 2009. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 57th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,984th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Minotaur I flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Tacsat 3, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 439 × 475 km orbit inclined 40.5°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Minotaur I · Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Technology · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 8th Minotaur I flight · 1st this yearOrbital Sciences Corporation's 57th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,984th orbital launch attempt30th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Tacsat 3 · NORAD 35001 · 2009-028 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2009-028A
- Epoch
- 2009-05-20 01:04:27 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.38753315 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0026021
- Inclination
- 40.4572°
- Ascending node
- 48.9181°
- Arg. of perigee
- 310.8927°
- Mean anomaly
- 48.9688°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- 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
6 catalogued: 5 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Tacsat 3 · NORAD 35001 · re-entered April 30, 2012
- Pharmasat · NORAD 35002 · re-entered August 14, 2012
- CP6 · NORAD 35003 · re-entered October 6, 2011
- HawkSat-1 · NORAD 35004 · re-entered September 4, 2011
- Aerocube-3 · NORAD 35005 · re-entered January 6, 2011
Minotaur I (8) Stage 4 · re-entered November 5, 2012
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
American eyperimental imaging satellite part of an effort to develop modular spacecraft buses.
Pad
Launch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
3rd launch from Launch Area 0 B, 1st this year · 51st from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
8 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
about 2 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Tacsat 3 launch?
Tacsat 3 launched on May 19, 2009. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Tacsat 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Tacsat 3?
Minotaur I, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Minotaur I spec sheet
Where did Tacsat 3 launch from?
Launch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit did Tacsat 3 reach?
Tacsat 3, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 439 × 475 km orbit inclined 40.5°.
How many satellites did Tacsat 3 launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).