In orbitDebris

OPS 3151 DEB

NORAD: 9856
COSPAR: 1977-007D

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Spacecraft

Owner: USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization
Platform (bus): DSP-Cover
Mass at launch: 1 kg
Dry mass: 1 kg
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.6 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.6 m
Shape: Disk

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S09856, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1977-02-06
Rocket: Titan IIIC
Flight: DSP 9
Mission name: DSP 9
Launch site: CC, LC40
Launched by: USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1977-007

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1977-007, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1977-02-06

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

Where it came from

Parent object: OPS 3151 (DSP 7) (NORAD 9803)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit