In orbitRocket body

DELTA 1 R/B(3)

NORAD: 13413
COSPAR: 1978-079D

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Spacecraft

Built by: Thiokol-Elkton
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Star 37
Mass at launch: 1,123 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 83 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 83 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 1.7 m
Diameter: 0.9 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.7 m
Shape: Sphere + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S13413, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1978-08-12
Rocket: Delta 2914
Flight: ISEE 3
Mission name: ISEE C
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1978-079

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1978-079, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1978-08-12

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

Where it came from

Parent object: DELTA 1 R/B(1) (NORAD 11005)
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 body3 in total, 2 still in orbit