In orbitDebris

SCOUT X-4 DEB

NORAD: 2011
COSPAR: 1965-032D

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S02011, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1965-04-29
Rocket: Scout X-4
Flight: Explorer 27
Mission name: Beacon Explorer C
Launch site: NASA Wallops Station, LA3A
Launched by: NASA Langley Research Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1965-032

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1965-032, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1965-04-29
Period: 107.4 min
Inclination: 41.20°
Apogee: 1,268 km
Perigee: 942 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0248 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: EXPLORER 27 (NORAD 1328)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris2 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit