Key statistics
Satellite DELTA 1 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18872
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
102.3
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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: 1973-086GX
Object number (NORAD): 18645
Object ID (CCSDS): 18645
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 116.38 minutes
Inclination: 102.277 deg
SMA: 7896.116 km
Apoapsis: 1608.353 km
Periapsis: 1427.609 km
RAAN: 310.0136 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0114451
Argument of periapsis: 357.2946 deg
Mean anomaly: 156.157 deg
Mean motion: 12.3732129 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000035 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000085246 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 3:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 7:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DELTA 1 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 18645U 73086GX 25184.82595683 -.00000035 00000-0 85246-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 18645 102.2770 310.0136 0114451 357.2946 156.1570 12.37321290820871
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DELTA 1 DEB.
Associated space launch
Meteorological satellite using radiometric imaging
DELTA 1 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta 0300 | NOAA 3’, on board a Delta 0300 space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 6, 1973, 5:02 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.
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Delta 0300 | NOAA 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 6, 1973, 5:02 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Delta 0300
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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