United States Air ForceAtlas IIASLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Telstar 401
Launched
December 16, 1993
Summary
Telstar 401 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas IIAS from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 16, 1993. It was United States Air Force's 934th launch, 14th this year and humanity's 3,866th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas IIAS flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Telstar 401, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 194 × 35,803 km orbit inclined 23.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIAS · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas IIAS flightUnited States Air Force's 934th launch14th this yearhumanity's 3,866th orbital launch attempt81st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Telstar 401 · NORAD 22927 · 1993-077 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TELSTAR 401
- Object ID
- 1993-077A
- Epoch
- 1993-12-16 16:53:07 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28209693 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7305902
- Inclination
- 23.8806°
- Ascending node
- 275.0987°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.8841°
- Mean anomaly
- 181.0442°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0.00125
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Telstar 401 · NORAD 22927 · in orbit
Centaur AC-108 · re-entered December 17, 1998
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Telstar 4 series was the successor to AT&T's Telstar 3 series. The spacecraft were built on Lockheed Martin's AS-7000 bus and featured 24 C-band and 16 Ku-band transponders.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
45th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 3rd this year · 478th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
103 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Telstar 401 launch?
Telstar 401 launched on December 16, 1993. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Telstar 401?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Telstar 401?
Atlas IIAS, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas IIAS spec sheet
Where did Telstar 401 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Telstar 401 reach?
Telstar 401, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 194 × 35,803 km orbit inclined 23.9°.
How many satellites did Telstar 401 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).