In orbitRocket body

DELTA 1 R/B(2)

NORAD: 2402
COSPAR: 1966-075C

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Spacecraft

Built by: United Technology Corp
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): FW4
Mass at launch: 48 kg
Dry mass: 48 kg
Length: 1.5 m
Diameter: 0.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S02402, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1966-08-17
Rocket: Thor Delta E1
Flight: Pioneer 7
Mission name: Pioneer B
Launch site: CC, LC17A
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1966-075

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1966-075, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1966-08-17
Orbits: the Sun

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

Where it came from

Parent object: DELTA 1 R/B(1) (NORAD 2399)
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

Debris2 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit