Re-entered 1989-03-21Debris

DELTA 1 DEB

NORAD: 14927
COSPAR: 1983-051E

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Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1989-03-21
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	1989-03-21

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S14927, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1983-05-26
Rocket: Delta 3914
Flight: Exosat
Mission name: Exosat
Launch site: V, SLC2W
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1983-051

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1983-051, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1983-05-26
Re-entered: 1989-03-21
Period: 88.1 min
Inclination: 72.40°
Apogee: 211 km
Perigee: 146 km
Radar cross-section: 0.11 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 14096)

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