In orbitRocket body

IUS R/B(2)

NORAD: 23438
COSPAR: 1994-084D

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Spacecraft

Built by: BOKT/CSD
Owner: US Air Force Space and Missile Center
Platform (bus): Orbus 6E
Mass at launch: 3,800 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1,100 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Total mass with attached parts: 1,100 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 2.1 m
Diameter: 1.6 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.1 m
Shape: Sphere + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S23438, checked 2026-11-05. 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 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1994-12-22
Period: 1423.1 min
Inclination: 14.26°
Apogee: 35,552 km
Perigee: 35,514 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: IUS R/B(1) (NORAD 23437)
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