Re-entered 2025-06-21Rocket body

DELTA 1 R/B(2)

NORAD: 11984
COSPAR: 1967-026C

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	2025-06-21
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	2025-06-28

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Spacecraft

Built by: United Technology Corp
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): FW4
Mass at launch: 35 kg
Dry mass: 35 kg
Length: 1.5 m
Diameter: 0.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S11984, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1967-03-23
Rocket: Thor Delta E1
Flight: Intelsat II F-3
Mission name: INTELSAT II F-3
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1967-026

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1967-026, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1967-03-23
Re-entered: 2025-06-21
Period: 89.3 min
Inclination: 25.96°
Apogee: 331 km
Perigee: 151 km
Radar cross-section: 0.8086 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: DELTA 1 R/B(1) (NORAD 2719)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

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

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 0 still in orbit