Key statistics
Satellite DELTA 1 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
22019
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.0
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
96.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for DELTA 1 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: DELTA 1 DEB
International designator: 1965-004D
Object number (NORAD): 1313
Object ID (CCSDS): 1313
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 119.922 minutes
Inclination: 96.4245 deg
SMA: 8055.483 km
Apoapsis: 2623.989 km
Periapsis: 730.707 km
RAAN: 264.0245 deg
Eccentricy: 0.1175151
Argument of periapsis: 113.9564 deg
Mean anomaly: 258.8938 deg
Mean motion: 12.00785387 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000222 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00032212 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 4, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 3, 2025, 8:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DELTA 1 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 01313U 65004D 25123.83842538 -.00000222 00000-0 -32212-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 01313 96.4245 264.0245 1175151 113.9564 258.8938 12.00785387637317
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DELTA 1 DEB.
Associated space launch
The ESSA series was the second generation of US meterological satellites after the TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) series. They were also called OT (Operational TIROS), TOS (TIROS Operational Satellite).
DELTA 1 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor Delta C | Tiros 9’, on board a Thor Delta C space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 22, 1965, 7:52 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 17A.
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Thor Delta C | Tiros 9
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Failure
Launch date: Jan. 22, 1965, 7:52 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Thor Delta C
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 17A
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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