In orbitDebris

ATLAS D DEB

NORAD: 2337
COSPAR: 1966-063E

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Spacecraft

Owner: US Air Force Office of Aerospace Research
Mass at launch: 9 kg
Dry mass: 9 kg
Length: 0.5 m
Diameter: 0.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.7 m
Shape: Frust

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S02337, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1966-07-14
Rocket: Atlas D
Flight: OV1-7/8/NC20.189
Mission name: OV1-8 PasComSat
Launch site: V, ABRESB3
Launched by: US Air Force Space Systems Division
Rocket performance: Failure
Launch designator: 1966-063

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1966-063, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1966-07-14
Period: 104.9 min
Inclination: 144.23°
Apogee: 996 km
Perigee: 987 km
Radar cross-section: 0.368 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: ATLAS D R/B (NORAD 2328)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 3

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

Everything from this launch

Debris4 in total, 3 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit