Re-entered 1974-01-19Debris

SATURN 5 DEB

NORAD: 6642
COSPAR: 1973-027J

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1974-01-19
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	1974-01-19

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S06642, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1973-05-14
Rocket: Saturn V 2
Flight: Skylab 1
Mission name: Skylab I OWS
Launch site: NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, LC39A
Launched by: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1973-027

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1973-027, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1973-05-14
Re-entered: 1974-01-19
Period: 90.1 min
Inclination: 49.90°
Apogee: 280 km
Perigee: 277 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SKYLAB 1 (NORAD 6633)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris22 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 0 still in orbit