In orbitDebris

THOR AGENA B DEB

NORAD: 1951
COSPAR: 1965-098G

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mass at launch: 1 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 1.5 m
Diameter: 0.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.5 m
Shape: Part Cyl + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S01951, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1965-11-29
Rocket: Thor SLV-2 Agena B
Flight: ISIS-X
Mission name: Alouette 2
Launch site: V, 75-1-1
Launched by: LERC/AFSSD
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1965-098

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1965-098, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1965-11-29
Period: 105.9 min
Inclination: 79.61°
Apogee: 1,600 km
Perigee: 475 km
Radar cross-section: 0.1072 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: THOR AGENA B R/B (NORAD 1807)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris8 in total, 4 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit