In orbitDebris

IUE DEB

NORAD: 33000
COSPAR: 1978-012D

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mass at launch: 2 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 2 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.5 m
Shape: Disk

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S33000, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1978-01-26
Rocket: Delta 2914
Flight: IUE
Mission name: IUE
Launch site: CC, LC17A
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1978-012

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1978-012, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1978-01-26
Period: 1434.2 min
Inclination: 38.37°
Apogee: 44,188 km
Perigee: 27,312 km
Radar cross-section: 0.003 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: DELTA 1 R/B(2) (NORAD 10723)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 0 still in orbit