Key statistics
Satellite DELTA 1 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18937
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
101.8
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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: 1973-086HX
Object number (NORAD): 42583
Object ID (CCSDS): 42583
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 116.638 minutes
Inclination: 101.8285 deg
SMA: 7907.776 km
Apoapsis: 1602.881 km
Periapsis: 1456.402 km
RAAN: 244.014 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00926166
Argument of periapsis: 293.8699 deg
Mean anomaly: 65.2679 deg
Mean motion: 12.34585558 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000023 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0021652416 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DELTA 1 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42583U 73086HX 25249.42747756 .00000230 00000-0 21652-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 42583 101.8285 244.0140 0092617 293.8699 65.2679 12.34585558489333
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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