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United Launch AllianceDelta II 7925-10CSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
THEMIS
Launched
February 17, 2007
Summary
THEMIS launched on an United Launch Alliance Delta II 7925-10C from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 17, 2007. It was United Launch Alliance's 3rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,822nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta II 7925-10C flight. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). THEMIS A, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 508 × 91,307 km orbit inclined 16.2°. 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta II 7925-10C · United Launch Alliance
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta II 7925-10C flightUnited Launch Alliance's 3rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,822nd orbital launch attempt5th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
THEMIS A · NORAD 30580 · 2007-004 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2007-004A
- Epoch
- 2007-02-18 00:18:19 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.72631089 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.8684209
- Inclination
- 16.1761°
- Ascending node
- 329.3456°
- Arg. of perigee
- 319.5804°
- Mean anomaly
- 2.9422°
- 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: Elliptical. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
7 catalogued: 5 payloads, 2 rocket stages; 3 still in orbit
- THEMIS A · NORAD 30580 · in orbit
- THEMIS B · NORAD 30581 · left Earth orbit October 5, 2007
- THEMIS C · NORAD 30582
- THEMIS D · NORAD 30797 · in orbit
- THEMIS E · NORAD 30798 · in orbit
Delta 323 · re-entered July 16, 2007
Delta 323 Stage 3 · re-entered May 12, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) mission is a NASA constellation of five satellites to study energy releases from Earths magnetosphere.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
127th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 645th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
114 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did THEMIS launch?
THEMIS launched on February 17, 2007. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch THEMIS?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched THEMIS?
Delta II 7925-10C, flown by United Launch Alliance. Delta II 7925-10C spec sheet
Where did THEMIS launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did THEMIS reach?
THEMIS A, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 508 × 91,307 km orbit inclined 16.2°.
How many satellites did THEMIS launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).