National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationScout BSan Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Uhuru
Launched
December 12, 1970
Image: NASA
Summary
Uhuru launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout B from San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya on December 12, 1970. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 106th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 1,163rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 19th Scout B flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Uhuru, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 543 × 582 km orbit inclined 3.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 19th Scout B flight · 2nd this yearNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 106th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 1,163rd orbital launch attempt117th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Uhuru · NORAD 4797 · 1970-107 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EXPLORER 42 (SAS-1)
- Object ID
- 1970-107A
- Epoch
- 1970-12-13 00:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.03830051 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0028339
- Inclination
- 3.036°
- Ascending node
- 13.4667°
- Arg. of perigee
- 2.0729°
- Mean anomaly
- 339.1331°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 8
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Uhuru · NORAD 4797 · re-entered April 5, 1979
Scout S175C Stage 4 · re-entered December 15, 1978
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Small satellite designed to survey the celestial sphere and search for sources of X-ray, gamma-ray, UV and other spectral regions.
Pad
San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya
2nd launch from San Marco platform, 1st this year · 2nd from Broglio Space Center, Kenya
9 launches from this pad · 9 from Broglio Space Center, Kenya
about 4 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Uhuru launch?
Uhuru launched on December 12, 1970. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Uhuru?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Uhuru?
Scout B, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scout B spec sheet
Where did Uhuru launch from?
San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya.
What orbit did Uhuru reach?
Uhuru, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 543 × 582 km orbit inclined 3.0°.
How many satellites did Uhuru launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).