Re-entered 2002-12-17Debris

DELTA 1 DEB

NORAD: 18677
COSPAR: 1976-077FG

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	2002-12-17
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	2002-12-17

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S18677, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1976-07-29
Rocket: Delta 2310
Flight: NOAA 5
Mission name: ITOS H
Launch site: V, SLC2W
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1976-077

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1976-077, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1976-07-29
Re-entered: 2002-12-17
Period: 92.8 min
Inclination: 104.08°
Apogee: 451 km
Perigee: 377 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0857 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 9063)

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