United States Air ForceScout B-1Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Wideband
Launched
May 22, 1976
Image: NASA
Summary
Wideband launched on an United States Air Force Scout B-1 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 22, 1976. It was United States Air Force's 667th launch, 12th this year and humanity's 1,831st orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Scout B-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). P76-5, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 1,002 × 1,064 km orbit inclined 99.7°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout B-1 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 5th Scout B-1 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 667th launch12th this yearhumanity's 1,831st orbital launch attempt48th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
P76-5 · NORAD 8860 · 1976-047 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- P 76-5
- Object ID
- 1976-047A
- Epoch
- 1976-05-22 10:37:18 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.62614178 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0041682
- Inclination
- 99.6693°
- Ascending node
- 49.538°
- Arg. of perigee
- 162.7144°
- Mean anomaly
- 197.5379°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 debris, 2 components; 5 still in orbit
- P76-5 · NORAD 8860 · in orbit
Scout S179CR Stage 4 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Experimental military satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
50th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 1st this year · 440th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
168 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Wideband launch?
Wideband launched on May 22, 1976. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Wideband?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Wideband?
Scout B-1, flown by United States Air Force. Scout B-1 spec sheet
Where did Wideband launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Wideband reach?
P76-5, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 1,002 × 1,064 km orbit inclined 99.7°.
How many satellites did Wideband launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).