Launch · COSPAR 1978-016 · 09 Feb 1978

OPS 6391 (FLTSATCOM 1)

Name: Launch 1978-016 — OPS 6391 (FLTSATCOM 1)
Start: 1978-02-09
Location: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

80% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
OPS 6391 (FLTSATCOM 1)	10669	1978-016A	Unknown	GEO	36,106 / 36,187 km	6.91°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B	12908	1978-016C	Decayed	LEO	132 / 166 km	26.14°	05 Dec 2005	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ATLAS CENTAUR DEB	10724	1978-016B	Decayed	OTHER	187 / 6,858 km	26.63°	31 Aug 1982	—
ATLAS CENTAUR DEB	13998	1978-016D	Decayed	LEO	168 / 462 km	26.30°	21 Jun 1989	—
ATLAS CENTAUR DEB	25145	1978-016E	Decayed	LEO	247 / 1,076 km	26.23°	27 Jan 1998	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1978-016; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.