In orbitRocket body

IUS R/B(1)

NORAD: 23437
COSPAR: 1994-084C

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Is it working?

One source only

Source	What it says	Date
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered(uncertain)	2000

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Spacecraft

Built by: BOKT/CSD
Owner: US Air Force Space and Missile Center
Platform (bus): Orbus 21
Mass at launch: 10,940 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1,164 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Total mass with attached parts: 1,164 kg
Length: 3.5 m
Diameter: 2.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S23437, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1994-12-22
Rocket: Titan 402A/IUS
Flight: USA 107 [DSP17]
Mission name: DSP 17
Launch site: CC, LC40
Launched by: US Air Force Space and Missile Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1994-084

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1994-084, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1994-12-22

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

Where it came from

Parent object: TITAN 4A R/B (NORAD 23436)
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

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body3 in total, 3 still in orbit