In orbitDebris

DELTA 1 DEB [YO]

NORAD: 312
COSPAR: 1962-025C

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Spacecraft

Built by: RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mass at launch: 1 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 3.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.5 m
Shape: Cable + Box

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S00312, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1962-06-19
Rocket: Thor Delta
Flight: Tiros 5
Mission name: Tiros E
Launch site: CC, LC17A
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1962 A ALP

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1962 A ALP, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1962-06-19
Period: 98.5 min
Inclination: 58.25°
Apogee: 823 km
Perigee: 549 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0431 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: TIROS 5 (NORAD 309)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris3 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 0 still in orbit