In orbitDebris

DELTA 2 DEB [DPAF]

NORAD: 29110
COSPAR: 2006-016D

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Spacecraft

Built by: EADSB/UK
Owner: Boeing Launch Services (?)
Platform (bus): Delta DPAF
Mass at launch: 186 kg
Dry mass: 186 kg
Length: 3.7 m
Diameter: 2.6 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.7 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S29110, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2006-04-28
Rocket: Delta 7420-10C
Flight: Calipso/Cloudsat
Mission name: Cloudsat
Launch site: V, SLC2W
Launched by: Boeing Launch Services (?)
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2006-016

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2006-016, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2006-04-28
Period: 93.3 min
Inclination: 98.33°
Apogee: 438 km
Perigee: 432 km
Radar cross-section: 5.065 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: DELTA 2 R/B (NORAD 29109)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

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

Everything from this launch

Debris2 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 0 still in orbit