In orbitRocket body

THORAD DELTA 1 R/B(2)

NORAD: 9330
COSPAR: 1974-101G

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Spacecraft

Built by: Thiokol-Elkton
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Star 37
Mass at launch: 1,123 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 83 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 83 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 1.7 m
Diameter: 0.9 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.7 m
Shape: Sphere + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S09330, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1974-12-19
Rocket: Delta 2914
Flight: Symphonie 1
Mission name: Symphonie MV1
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1974-101

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1974-101, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1974-12-19
Period: 622.4 min
Inclination: 12.75°
Apogee: 35,158 km
Perigee: 379 km
Radar cross-section: 1.966 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: THORAD DELTA 1 R/B(1) (NORAD 7579)
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

Debris4 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit