In orbitDebris

NOAA 7 DEB

NORAD: 12560
COSPAR: 1981-059C

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S12560, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1981-06-23
Rocket: Atlas F
Flight: NOAA 7
Mission name: NOAA C
Launch site: Soviet Armed Forces, SLC3W
Launched by: US Air Force Space Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1981-059

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1981-059, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1981-06-23
Period: 98.2 min
Inclination: 98.96°
Apogee: 674 km
Perigee: 672 km
Radar cross-section: 0.067 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: NOAA 7 (NORAD 12553)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris8 in total, 3 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit