In orbitRocket body

TITAN 34D TRANSTAGE R/B

NORAD: 19490
COSPAR: 1988-077C

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Spacecraft

Built by: Martin Marietta
Owner: US Air Force Space Division
Platform (bus): Transtage
Mass at launch: 1,950 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1,950 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 4.6 m
Diameter: 3.1 m
Span with arrays and booms: 4.6 m
Shape: Cyl + 2 Nozzle

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S19490, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1988-09-02
Rocket: Titan 34D/Transtage
Flight: USA 31 [CY12]
Mission name: VORTEX 5
Launch site: CC, LC40
Launched by: US Air Force Space Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1988-077

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1988-077, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1988-09-02
Period: 704.8 min
Inclination: 27.25°
Apogee: 39,216 km
Perigee: 494 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: TITAN 34D R/B(1) (NORAD 19459)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 18

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

Everything from this launch

Debris17 in total, 17 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 2 still in orbit