Re-entered 1968-04-28Payload

TATS 1 (TETR-1)

NORAD: 3067
COSPAR: 1967-123B

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1968-04-28
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	1968-04-28
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Fell silent	1968-04-29
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Regular operations ended	1968-04-29
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Last known active	1968-04-29

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Spacecraft

Program: TTS
Built by: TRW Inc.
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): ORS
Purpose: Calibration target
Sector: Civil government
Mass at launch: 18 kg
Dry mass: 18 kg
Length: 0.3 m
Diameter: 0.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1 m
Shape: Oct Cyl + 2 Ant
UN registration: A/AC.105/INF.185

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S03067, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1967-12-13
Rocket: Thor Delta E1
Flight: Pioneer 8
Mission name: Pioneer C
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1967-123

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1967-123, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Payload
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1967-12-13
Re-entered: 1968-04-28
Period: 87.8 min
Inclination: 32.90°
Apogee: 180 km
Perigee: 155 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 3068)

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

Everything from this launch

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