In orbitRocket body

VULCAN CENTAUR R/B

NORAD: 65162
COSPAR: 2025-173C

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Spacecraft

Built by: United Launch Alliance, Decatur
Owner: United Launch Alliance/Lockheed Martin Astronautics
Platform (bus): Centaur V
Main engine: RL10C-1-1A
Mass at launch: 5,500 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 5,500 kg
Length: 11.7 m
Diameter: 5.4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 11.7 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S65162, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2025-08-13
Rocket: Vulcan Centaur VC4S
Flight: USSF-106
Mission name: NTS-3
Launch site: CC, SLC41
Launched by: United Launch Alliance, Decatur
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2025-173

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2025-173, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2025-08-13
Period: 1470.3 min
Inclination: 3.84°
Apogee: 36,728 km
Perigee: 36,178 km

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 3

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 3 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit