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United States Air ForceDelta 3910Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TVE
Launched
February 8, 1988
Summary
TVE launched on an United States Air Force Delta 3910 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 8, 1988. It was United States Air Force's 857th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 3,262nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Delta 3910 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Delta 181 Canister Cluster, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 231 × 343 km orbit inclined 28.6°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 3910 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Delta 3910 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 857th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 3,262nd orbital launch attempt9th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Delta 181 Canister Cluster · NORAD 18847 · 1988-008 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1988-008A
- Epoch
- 1988-02-10 05:14:09 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.98133033 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0084137
- Inclination
- 28.5718°
- Ascending node
- 281.7437°
- Arg. of perigee
- 259.4282°
- Mean anomaly
- 99.6912°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 21
- B*
- 5.6729e-7
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 4 payloads; none still in orbit
- Delta 181 Canister Cluster · NORAD 18847 · re-entered March 1, 1988
- Delta 181 Sensor Module · NORAD 18848 · re-entered April 2, 1988
- Delta 181 Subsatellite 7? · NORAD 18849 · re-entered March 5, 1988
- Delta 181 SCRS · NORAD 18854 · re-entered February 13, 1988
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Second Delta/SDI mission
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 413th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
324 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did TVE launch?
TVE launched on February 8, 1988. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch TVE?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched TVE?
Delta 3910, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 3910 spec sheet
Where did TVE launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did TVE reach?
Delta 181 Canister Cluster, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 231 × 343 km orbit inclined 28.6°.
How many satellites did TVE launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).