United States Air ForceDelta 2914Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Westar 3
Launched
August 10, 1979
Image: NASA Kennedy Space Center
Summary
Westar 3 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 2914 from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 10, 1979. It was United States Air Force's 745th launch, 9th this year and humanity's 2,247th orbital launch attempt. It was the 30th Delta 2914 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of Westar 3, one of 4 catalogued objects, from August 24, 1979, was 35,804 × 36,085 km inclined 0.2°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 2914 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 30th Delta 2914 flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 745th launch9th this yearhumanity's 2,247th orbital launch attempt74th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Westar 3 · NORAD 11484 · 1979-072 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- WESTAR 3
- Object ID
- 1979-072A
- Epoch
- 1979-08-24 07:16:33 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.99737354 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0033249
- Inclination
- 0.1642°
- Ascending node
- 267.7507°
- Arg. of perigee
- 33.9735°
- Mean anomaly
- 57.9481°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 7
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 1 component; 1 still in orbit
- Westar 3 · NORAD 11484 · in orbit
Delta 149 · re-entered August 10, 1979
Delta 149 Stage 3 · re-entered June 13, 1994
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
67th launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 1st this year · 359th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
236 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Westar 3 launch?
Westar 3 launched on August 10, 1979. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Westar 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Westar 3?
Delta 2914, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 2914 spec sheet
Where did Westar 3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Westar 3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Westar 3, one of 4 catalogued objects, from August 24, 1979, was 35,804 × 36,085 km inclined 0.2°.
How many satellites did Westar 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).