Key statistics
Satellite DELTA 1 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18992
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
102.0
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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: 1973-086H
Object number (NORAD): 7017
Object ID (CCSDS): 7017
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.031 minutes
Inclination: 102.0239 deg
SMA: 7834.953 km
Apoapsis: 1574.017 km
Periapsis: 1339.619 km
RAAN: 216.9906 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01495852
Argument of periapsis: 128.7354 deg
Mean anomaly: 261.0633 deg
Mean motion: 12.51838101 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000041 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00053612352 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 4, 2025, 4:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 2, 2025, 11:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DELTA 1 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 07017U 73086H 25306.98972058 .00000041 00000-0 53612-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 07017 102.0239 216.9906 0149585 128.7354 261.0633 12.51838101359007
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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