In orbitRocket body

IUS R/B(1)

NORAD: 20068
COSPAR: 1989-046C

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Spacecraft

Built by: BOKT/CSD
Owner: US Air Force Space Systems Division
Platform (bus): Orbus 21
Mass at launch: 10,940 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1,164 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Total mass with attached parts: 1,164 kg
Length: 3.5 m
Diameter: 2.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S20068, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1989-06-14
Rocket: Titan 402A/IUS
Flight: USA 39 [DSP14]
Mission name: DSP 14
Launch site: CC, LC41
Launched by: US Air Force Space Systems Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1989-046

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1989-046, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1989-06-14

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

Where it came from

Parent object: TITAN 4 R/B (NORAD 20067)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

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

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body3 in total, 3 still in orbit