Re-entered 2001-09-18Debris

TRANSIT 11 DEB

NORAD: 24704
COSPAR: 1966-005M

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	2001-09-18
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	2001-09-18

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Spacecraft

Owner: USN Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S24704, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1966-01-28
Rocket: Scout A
Flight: NNS O-7 (N-6)
Mission name: NNS O-7
Launch site: Soviet Armed Forces, PALC-D
Launched by: US Air Force Space Systems Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1966-005

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1966-005, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1966-01-28
Re-entered: 2001-09-18
Period: 92.3 min
Inclination: 89.87°
Apogee: 419 km
Perigee: 351 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0208 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: OPS 1593 (TRANSIT 11) (NORAD 1952)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris11 in total, 5 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit