Re-entered 2008-01-10Debris

DELTA 1 DEB

NORAD: 6251
COSPAR: 1962-025E

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	2008-01-10
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	2008-01-10

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S06251, 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
Re-entered: 2008-01-10
Period: 88.6 min
Inclination: 58.04°
Apogee: 213 km
Perigee: 196 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0096 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 311)

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