In orbitRocket body

DELTA 1 R/B

NORAD: 9063
COSPAR: 1976-077B

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Spacecraft

Built by: McDonnell Douglas Astronautics/HB
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Delta/TR-201
Mass at launch: 845 kg
Dry mass: 845 kg
Length: 6 m
Diameter: 1.4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 6 m
Shape: Cyl + Skirt + Nozzle

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S09063, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1976-07-29
Rocket: Delta 2310
Flight: NOAA 5
Mission name: ITOS H
Launch site: V, SLC2W
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1976-077

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1976-077, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1976-07-29
Period: 115.2 min
Inclination: 102.05°
Apogee: 1,511 km
Perigee: 1,414 km
Radar cross-section: 5.3979 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 185

Everything from this launch

Debris184 in total, 172 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit