United States Air ForceDelta II 7925-10Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Wind
Launched
November 1, 1994
Image: NASA
Summary
Wind launched on an United States Air Force Delta II 7925-10 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 1, 1994. It was United States Air Force's 945th launch, 11th this year and humanity's 3,942nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta II 7925-10 flight. The payload was bound for Heliocentric L1 (L1-point). Wind, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 194 × 470,316 km orbit inclined 28.7°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta II 7925-10 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Heliocentric L1 (L1-point)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta II 7925-10 flightUnited States Air Force's 945th launch11th this yearhumanity's 3,942nd orbital launch attempt74th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Wind · NORAD 23333 · 1994-071 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- WIND
- Object ID
- 1994-071A
- Epoch
- 1994-11-01 11:59:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.07309491 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.9728298
- Inclination
- 28.749°
- Ascending node
- 2.372°
- Arg. of perigee
- 30.436°
- Mean anomaly
- 1.35°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 7
- B*
- 0.0001
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: L1-point. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages
- Wind · NORAD 23333 · left Earth orbit November 2, 1994
Delta 227 · re-entered October 20, 1995
Delta 227 Stage 3 · left Earth orbit November 2, 1994
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The main purpose of the Wind spacecraft is to measure the incoming solar wind, magnetic fields and particles, although early on it will also observe the Earth's foreshock region. Wind, together with Geotail, Polar, SOHO, and Cluster projects, constitute a cooperative scientific satellite project designated the International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program which aims at gaining improved understanding of the physics of solar terrestrial relations.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
99th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 2nd this year · 488th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
254 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Wind launch?
Wind launched on November 1, 1994. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Wind?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Wind?
Delta II 7925-10, flown by United States Air Force. Delta II 7925-10 spec sheet
Where did Wind launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Wind reach?
Wind, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 194 × 470,316 km orbit inclined 28.7°.
How many satellites did Wind launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).