In orbitRocket body

DELTA 2 R/B

NORAD: 36120
COSPAR: 2009-071B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Boeing/Pueblo
Owner: Boeing Space Systems (HB)
Platform (bus): Delta/0020
Mass at launch: 1,500 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 924 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 924 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 6 m
Diameter: 2.4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 6 m
Shape: Cyl + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S36120, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2009-12-14
Rocket: Delta 7320-10C
Flight: WISE
Mission name: Wide Field IR Explorer
Launch site: V, SLC2W
Launched by: United Launch Alliance/Boeing
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2009-071

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2009-071, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2009-12-14
Period: 245.2 min
Inclination: 97.50°
Apogee: 11,085 km
Perigee: 2,116 km
Radar cross-section: 9.7859 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit