In orbitRocket body

TOS R/B

NORAD: 22797
COSPAR: 1993-058D

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Spacecraft

Built by: MMA/CSD
Owner: MSFC/OSCD
Platform (bus): Orbus 21
Mass at launch: 9,366 kg
Dry mass: 1,195 kg
Length: 3.3 m
Diameter: 2.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.3 m
Shape: Cyl + Nozzle

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S22797, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1993-09-12
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Flight: ACTS/Orfeus
Mission name: OV-103 IUS deploy/FF
Launch site: NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, LC39B
Launched by: JSC/MSFC
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1993-058

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1993-058, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1993-09-12
Period: 674.0 min
Inclination: 15.48°
Apogee: 37,840 km
Perigee: 332 km
Radar cross-section: 8.6207 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 3

Everything from this launch

Debris2 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit