In orbitDebris

OPS 7245 DEB

NORAD: 28540
COSPAR: 1980-019K

OrbitalWiki publishes live orbits for active satellites only. This object is in the full catalogue: who launched it, what it is and its last published orbit are below, but there are no current orbital elements for it here.

Spacecraft

Owner: Naval Research Lab

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S28540, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1980-03-03
Rocket: Atlas F/MSD
Flight: OPS 7245 [NOSS3]
Mission name: PARCAE 3
Launch site: Soviet Armed Forces, SLC3W
Launched by: US Air Force Space Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1980-019

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1980-019, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1980-03-03

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

Where it came from

Parent object: OPS 7245 (NORAD 11720)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris5 in total, 5 still in orbit
Payload4 in total, 3 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit