In orbitRocket body

DELTA 1 R/B

NORAD: 1983
COSPAR: 1966-008B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Alleghany Ballistic Laboratories (USN/Hercules Powder Co)
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Altair
Mass at launch: 60 kg
Dry mass: 60 kg
Length: 1.5 m
Diameter: 0.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S01983, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1966-02-03
Rocket: Thor Delta C
Flight: ESSA 1
Mission name: Tiros OT3
Launch site: CC, LC17A
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1966-008

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1966-008, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1966-02-03
Period: 98.0 min
Inclination: 98.03°
Apogee: 709 km
Perigee: 620 km
Radar cross-section: 0.572 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 2

Everything from this launch

Debris3 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit