United States Air ForceTitan IIIASpace Launch Complex 20, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Transtage 2
Launched
December 10, 1964
Summary
Transtage 2 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIA from Space Launch Complex 20, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 10, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 226th launch, 51st this year and humanity's 387th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Titan IIIA flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 176 × 190 km orbit inclined 32.2°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan IIIA · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Titan IIIA flightUnited States Air Force's 226th launch51st this yearhumanity's 387th orbital launch attempt94th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Titan 3A Fairing · NORAD 949 · 1964-081 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TITAN 3A TRANSTAGE R/B
- Object ID
- 1964-081A
- Epoch
- 1964-12-11 07:08:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.3627848 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010809
- Inclination
- 32.1529°
- Ascending node
- 128.0085°
- Arg. of perigee
- 268.0693°
- Mean anomaly
- 91.7744°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 10
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- Titan 3A Fairing · NORAD 949 · re-entered December 13, 1964
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Test flights of the cryogenic Transtage stage.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 20, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2nd launch from Space Launch Complex 20, 2nd this year · 124th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
100 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Transtage 2 launch?
Transtage 2 launched on December 10, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Transtage 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Transtage 2?
Titan IIIA, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIA spec sheet
Where did Transtage 2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 20, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Transtage 2 reach?
It reached a 176 × 190 km orbit inclined 32.2°.
How many satellites did Transtage 2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).