In orbitDebris

DELTA 1 DEB

NORAD: 2775
COSPAR: 1966-087D

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mass at launch: 1 kg
Dry mass: 1 kg
Span with arrays and booms: 3.5 m
Shape: Disk + Cable

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S02775, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1966-10-02
Rocket: Thor Delta E
Flight: ESSA 3
Mission name: TOS A
Launch site: V, SLC2E
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1966-087

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1966-087, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1966-10-02
Period: 113.2 min
Inclination: 100.93°
Apogee: 1,472 km
Perigee: 1,278 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0763 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: ESSA 3 (TOS-A) (NORAD 2435)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris4 in total, 4 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit