In orbitDebris

NIMBUS 2 DEB

NORAD: 40646
COSPAR: 1966-040BK

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S40646, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1966-05-15
Rocket: Thor SLV-2A Agena B
Flight: Nimbus 2
Mission name: Nimbus C
Launch site: V, 75-1-1
Launched by: LERC/AFSSD
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1966-040

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1966-040, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1966-05-15
Period: 106.7 min
Inclination: 100.37°
Apogee: 1,106 km
Perigee: 1,042 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0081 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: NIMBUS 2 (NORAD 2173)

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

NIMBUS 2 DEB

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