Weapons Research EstablishmentSPARTALaunch Area 8, RAAF Woomera Range Complex
WRESAT
Launched
November 29, 1967
Image: US Army
Summary
WRESAT launched on a Weapons Research Establishment SPARTA from Launch Area 8, RAAF Woomera Range Complex on November 29, 1967. It was Weapons Research Establishment's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 779th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st SPARTA flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 201 × 1,261 km orbit inclined 83.4°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- SPARTA · Weapons Research Establishment
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st SPARTA flightWeapons Research Establishment's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 779th orbital launch attempt131st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
WRESAT · NORAD 3054 · 1967-118 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1967-118A
- Epoch
- 1967-11-29 05:00:22 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.50506822 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0746525
- Inclination
- 83.3518°
- Ascending node
- 281.095°
- Arg. of perigee
- 339.8986°
- Mean anomaly
- 17.4068°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- WRESAT · NORAD 3054 · re-entered January 10, 1968
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Australian satellite carrying four astrophysics experiments.
Pad
Launch Area 8, RAAF Woomera Range Complex
1st launch from Launch Area 8, 1st this year · 1st from RAAF Woomera Range Complex
1 launches from this pad · 6 from RAAF Woomera Range Complex
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did WRESAT launch?
WRESAT launched on November 29, 1967. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch WRESAT?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched WRESAT?
SPARTA, flown by Weapons Research Establishment. SPARTA spec sheet
Where did WRESAT launch from?
Launch Area 8, RAAF Woomera Range Complex.
What orbit did WRESAT reach?
It reached a 201 × 1,261 km orbit inclined 83.4°.
How many satellites did WRESAT launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).