In orbitDebris

OPS 4682 DEB

NORAD: 18538
COSPAR: 1965-027AF

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Spacecraft

Owner: US Air Force Space Division

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S18538, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1965-04-03
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
Flight: SNAPSHOT
Mission name: SNAP-10A FS-4
Launch site: Soviet Armed Forces, PALC2-4
Launched by: US Air Force Space Systems Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1965-027

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1965-027, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1965-04-03
Period: 111.2 min
Inclination: 90.24°
Apogee: 1,304 km
Perigee: 1,257 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0108 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: OPS 4682 (SNAPSHOT) (NORAD 1314)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris208 in total, 208 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit