Re-entered 1977-07-11Debris

DELTA 1 DEB

NORAD: 10075
COSPAR: 1977-048E

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Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1977-07-11
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	1977-07-11

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S10075, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1977-06-16
Rocket: Delta 2914
Flight: GOES 2
Mission name: GOES B
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1977-048

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1977-048, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1977-06-16
Re-entered: 1977-07-11
Period: 89.3 min
Inclination: 28.37°
Apogee: 261 km
Perigee: 215 km

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: DELTA 1 R/B(1) (NORAD 10062)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.