Launch · COSPAR 1978-042 · 01 May 1978

OPS 6182 (DMSP 5D-1 F3)

Name: Launch 1978-042 — OPS 6182 (DMSP 5D-1 F3)
Start: 1978-05-01
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

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 6182 (DMSP 5D-1 F3)	10820	1978-042A	Unknown	LEO	757 / 772 km	98.45°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
DMSP 5D-1 F3 DEB	10853	1978-042B	Decayed	LEO	240 / 258 km	98.23°	21 Oct 1991	—
DMSP 5D-1 F3 DEB	10854	1978-042C	Decayed	LEO	173 / 180 km	98.17°	06 Mar 1992	—
DMSP 5D-1 F3 DEB	10913	1978-042D	Decayed	LEO	190 / 208 km	98.51°	01 May 1986	—
DMSP 5D-1 F3 DEB	10914	1978-042E	Decayed	LEO	314 / 340 km	98.54°	16 Jun 1989	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1978-042; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.