In orbitDebris

MSX DEB

NORAD: 23859
COSPAR: 1996-024C

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Spacecraft

Built by: JHU-Applied Physics Lab
Owner: Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
Platform (bus): MSX Cover
Mass at launch: 30 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 30 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 0.2 m
Diameter: 0.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.3 m
Shape: Dome

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S23859, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1996-04-24
Rocket: Delta 7920-10
Flight: MSX
Mission name: MSX
Launch site: V, SLC2W
Launched by: McDonnell Douglas/HB
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1996-024

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1996-024, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1996-04-24
Period: 103.0 min
Inclination: 99.15°
Apogee: 964 km
Perigee: 836 km
Radar cross-section: 0.227 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: MSX (NORAD 23851)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 0 still in orbit