Key statistics
Satellite THOR ABLESTAR DEB at a glance.
Uptime
22682
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
90.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for THOR ABLESTAR DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: THOR ABLESTAR DEB
International designator: 1963-038D
Object number (NORAD): 672
Object ID (CCSDS): 672
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.228 minutes
Inclination: 89.9914 deg
SMA: 7383.244 km
Apoapsis: 1025.224 km
Periapsis: 984.994 km
RAAN: 336.2435 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00272439
Argument of periapsis: 37.786 deg
Mean anomaly: 135.4793 deg
Mean motion: 13.68459501 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000315 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0003555721 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 2, 2025, 5:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 1, 2025, 7:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 THOR ABLESTAR DEB
TLE line 1: 1 00672U 63038D 25305.81777135 .00000315 00000-0 35557-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 00672 89.9914 336.2435 0027244 37.7860 135.4793 13.68459501 70745
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite THOR ABLESTAR DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object THOR ABLESTAR DEB.
Associated space launch
Transit navigation satellite equipped with nuclear power.
THOR ABLESTAR DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 5BN-1’, on board a Thor DM-21 Ablestar space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 28, 1963, 8:22 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2E.
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 5BN-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 28, 1963, 8:22 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Thor DM-21 Ablestar
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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