In orbitRocket body

ATLAS H R/B

NORAD: 16592
COSPAR: 1986-014B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Naval Research Lab
Owner: Naval Research Lab
Platform (bus): MSD-PS
Mass at launch: 20 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 20 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 1.8 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.8 m
Shape: Disk

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S16592, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1986-02-09
Rocket: Atlas H
Flight: USA 15-18 [NOSS8]
Mission name: PARCAE 8
Launch site: Soviet Armed Forces, SLC3E
Launched by: US Air Force Space Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1986-014

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1986-014, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1986-02-09
Period: 104.7 min
Inclination: 63.34°
Apogee: 1,193 km
Perigee: 771 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: USA 15 (NORAD 16591)
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

Debris4 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload4 in total, 4 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit