THORAD AGENA D DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite THORAD AGENA D DEB at a glance.

Uptime

20529

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

70.1

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for THORAD AGENA D DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: THORAD AGENA D DEB

International designator: 1969-082AP

Object number (NORAD): 4171

Object ID (CCSDS): 4171

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.188 minutes

Inclination: 70.0763 deg

SMA: 7145.57 km

Apoapsis: 791.437 km

Periapsis: 743.434 km

RAAN: 240.8883 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00335891

Argument of periapsis: 14.2817 deg

Mean anomaly: 345.9252 deg

Mean motion: 14.37299942 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002339 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00079751348 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 2:06 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 THORAD AGENA D DEB

TLE line 1: 1 04171U 69082AP 25346.08804921 .00002339 00000-0 79751-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 04171 70.0763 240.8883 0033589 14.2817 345.9252 14.37299942912307

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In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object THORAD AGENA D DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-05-09 12:47:41	0.0001082202	167.0 (m)	DEBRIS
THORAD AGENA D DEB	SSO	2025-03-30 04:50:08	0.0001157649	161.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CBERS 1 DEB	SSO	2025-02-12 11:06:21	0.000216027	205.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB	LEO	2024-09-25 19:15:35	0.0001599799	928.0 (m)	DEBRIS
DELTA 2 R/B(1)	LEO	2024-05-28 18:25:20	0.0001315919	490.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

Associated space launch

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

THORAD AGENA D DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Poppy 8A,B,C,D’, on board a Thorad SLV-2G Agena D space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 30, 1969, 1:40 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 1W.

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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Poppy 8A,B,C,D

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 30, 1969, 1:40 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Thorad SLV-2G Agena D

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 1W

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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