In orbitRocket body

NTS 1 AKM

NORAD: 8599
COSPAR: 1974-054C

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Spacecraft

Built by: Thiokol-Elkton
Owner: USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization
Platform (bus): Star 24
Main engine: TE-M-604
Mass at launch: 218 kg
Dry mass: 16 kg
Length: 1 m
Diameter: 0.6 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1 m
Shape: Sphere + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S08599, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1974-07-14
Rocket: Atlas F/PTS
Flight: STP P73-3
Mission name: NTS 1
Launch site: Soviet Armed Forces, SLC3W
Launched by: USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1974-054

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1974-054, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1974-07-14
Period: 468.8 min
Inclination: 124.96°
Apogee: 13,726 km
Perigee: 13,497 km
Radar cross-section: 0.1385 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: OPS 7518 (NTS 1) (NORAD 7369)

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

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit