In orbitDebris

DELTA 1 DEB

NORAD: 2118
COSPAR: 1966-008D

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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: 3.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.5 m
Shape: Cable + Box

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S02118, 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: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1966-02-03
Period: 99.5 min
Inclination: 98.08°
Apogee: 825 km
Perigee: 646 km
Radar cross-section: 0.04 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: ESSA 1 (OT-3) (NORAD 1982)

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

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