In orbitRocket body

DELTA 1 R/B(1)

NORAD: 10490
COSPAR: 1977-108B

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Spacecraft

Built by: McDonnell Douglas Astronautics/HB
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Delta/TR-201
Mass at launch: 845 kg
Dry mass: 845 kg
Length: 6 m
Diameter: 1.4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 6 m
Shape: Cyl + Skirt + Nozzle

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S10490, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1977-11-23
Rocket: Delta 2914
Flight: Meteosat 1
Mission name: Meteosat 1
Launch site: CC, LC17A
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1977-108

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1977-108, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1977-11-23
Period: 113.2 min
Inclination: 28.30°
Apogee: 2,264 km
Perigee: 484 km
Radar cross-section: 9.111 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body3 in total, 2 still in orbit