Re-entered 1967-04-13Rocket body

DELTA 1 R/B(1)

NORAD: 2640
COSPAR: 1967-001B

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Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1967-04-13
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	1967-04-13

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Spacecraft

Built by: Aerojet Engineering
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Ablestar
Mass at launch: 785 kg
Dry mass: 785 kg
Length: 5.2 m
Diameter: 1.4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 5.2 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S02640, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1967-01-11
Rocket: Thor Delta E1
Flight: Intelsat II F-2
Mission name: INTELSAT II F-2
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1967-001

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1967-001, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1967-01-11
Re-entered: 1967-04-13
Period: 90.5 min
Inclination: 28.74°
Apogee: 372 km
Perigee: 223 km

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 2

Everything from this launch

Debris18 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit