In orbitRocket body

IUS R/B(1)

NORAD: 25671
COSPAR: 1999-017C

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Spacecraft

Built by: BOKT/PWCSD
Owner: US Air Force Space and Missile Center
Platform (bus): Orbus 21
Mass at launch: 10,064 kg
Dry mass: 1,164 kg
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 S25671, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1999-04-09
Rocket: Titan 402B/IUS
Flight: USA 142 [DSP19]
Mission name: DSP 19?
Launch site: CC, LC41
Launched by: 3SLS/AFSMC
Rocket performance: Failure
Launch designator: 1999-017

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1999-017, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1999-04-09
Period: 627.9 min
Inclination: 28.89°
Apogee: 35,427 km
Perigee: 393 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: TITAN 4 R/B (NORAD 25670)
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

Debris4 in total, 3 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body3 in total, 2 still in orbit