Re-entered 1970-04-19Rocket body

DELTA 1 R/B

NORAD: 2704
COSPAR: 1967-020B

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Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1970-04-19
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	1970-04-19

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Spacecraft

Built by: Alleghany Ballistic Laboratories (USN/Hercules Powder Co)
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Altair
Mass at launch: 33 kg
Dry mass: 33 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 S02704, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1967-03-08
Rocket: Thor Delta C
Flight: OSO 3
Mission name: OSO E1
Launch site: CC, LC17A
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1967-020

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1967-020, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1967-03-08
Re-entered: 1970-04-19
Period: 88.1 min
Inclination: 32.81°
Apogee: 181 km
Perigee: 176 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

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