Key statistics
Satellite DELTA 1 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
20942
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
106.1
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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: 1968-002C
Object number (NORAD): 3126
Object ID (CCSDS): 3126
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 112.286 minutes
Inclination: 106.0627 deg
SMA: 7709.794 km
Apoapsis: 1579.122 km
Periapsis: 1084.197 km
RAAN: 264.0102 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0320972
Argument of periapsis: 81.5194 deg
Mean anomaly: 299.9206 deg
Mean motion: 12.82444451 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00008785 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 3:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DELTA 1 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 03126U 68002C 25129.64361527 -.00000050 00000-0 87850-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 03126 106.0627 264.0102 0320972 81.5194 299.9206 12.82444451682550
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DELTA 1 DEB.
Associated space launch
The GEOS 1 (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) spacecraft was a gravity-gradient-stabilized, solar-cell powered unit designed exclusively for geodetic studies.
DELTA 1 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor Delta E1 | GEOS B’, on board a Thor Delta E1 space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 11, 1968, 4:16 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2E.
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Thor Delta E1 | GEOS B
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 11, 1968, 4:16 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Thor Delta E1
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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