In orbitDebris

THOR ABLESTAR DEB

NORAD: 706
COSPAR: 1963-049D

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Spacecraft

Owner: Bureau of Naval Weapons, US Navy

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S00706, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1963-12-05
Rocket: Thor Ablestar 2
Flight: Transit VBN-2
Mission name: Transit VBN-2
Launch site: V, 75-1-1
Launched by: US Air Force Space Systems Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1963-049

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1963-049, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1963-12-05
Period: 106.1 min
Inclination: 89.92°
Apogee: 1,067 km
Perigee: 1,028 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0541 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: TRANSIT 5B-2 (NORAD 704)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

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

Everything from this launch

Debris11 in total, 6 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit