In orbitRocket body

PAM-S R/B

NORAD: 20845
COSPAR: 1990-090E

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Spacecraft

Built by: Thiokol-Elkton
Owner: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Star 48
Mass at launch: 2,250 kg
Dry mass: 238 kg
Length: 2 m
Diameter: 1.2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2 m
Shape: Ell + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S20845, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1990-10-06
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Flight: Ulysses
Mission name: OV-103 IUS deploy
Launch site: NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, LC39B
Launched by: JSC/MSFC
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1990-090

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1990-090, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1990-10-06
Orbits: the Sun

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

Where it came from

Parent object: IUS R/B(2) (NORAD 20844)
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

Payload2 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body3 in total, 3 still in orbit