In orbitRocket body

SCATHA AKM

NORAD: 29000
COSPAR: 1979-007C

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Spacecraft

Built by: United Technology Corp Chemical Systems Division (UTC CSD)
Owner: USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization
Platform (bus): FW5
Mass at launch: 279 kg
Dry mass: 31 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 31 kg
Length: 1.3 m
Diameter: 0.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.3 m
Shape: Cyl + Nozzle

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S29000, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1979-01-30
Rocket: Delta 2914
Flight: Scatha
Mission name: P78-2
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1979-007

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1979-007, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1979-01-30
Period: 1417.5 min
Inclination: 9.27°
Apogee: 42,848 km
Perigee: 27,994 km
Radar cross-section: 0.003 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SCATHA (NORAD 11256)

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

Everything from this launch

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