In orbitRocket body

DELTA 1 R/B

NORAD: 1433
COSPAR: 1965-051B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Alleghany Ballistic Laboratories (USN/Hercules Powder Co)
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Altair
Mass at launch: 60 kg
Dry mass: 60 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 S01433, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1965-07-02
Rocket: Thor Delta C
Flight: Tiros 10
Mission name: Tiros OT1
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1965-051

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1965-051, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1965-07-02
Period: 98.4 min
Inclination: 98.59°
Apogee: 711 km
Perigee: 657 km
Radar cross-section: 0.5702 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

Debris2 in total, 1 still in orbit