Re-entered 1981-04-13Debris

DELTA 1 DEB

NORAD: 8496
COSPAR: 1972-058FR

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1981-04-13
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	1981-04-13

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S08496, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1972-07-23
Rocket: Delta 0900
Flight: ERTS 1
Mission name: ERTS A
Launch site: V, SLC2W
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1972-058

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1972-058, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1972-07-23
Re-entered: 1981-04-13
Period: 100.6 min
Inclination: 102.98°
Apogee: 832 km
Perigee: 741 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0273 m²

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

Where it came from

Everything from this launch

Debris244 in total, 39 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit