DELTA 1 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite DELTA 1 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

19402

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.2

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

97.3

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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: 1972-058GN

Object number (NORAD): 8539

Object ID (CCSDS): 8539

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.303 minutes

Inclination: 97.297 deg

SMA: 7198.48 km

Apoapsis: 965.488 km

Periapsis: 675.201 km

RAAN: 308.8128 deg

Eccentricy: 0.02016308

Argument of periapsis: 83.972 deg

Mean anomaly: 278.4397 deg

Mean motion: 14.21482714 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001938 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00073277213 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 9:24 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 DELTA 1 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 08539U 72058GN 25245.89212743 .00001938 00000-0 73277-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 08539 97.2970 308.8128 0201631 83.9720 278.4397 14.21482714713761

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Real-time ground track for satellite DELTA 1 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object DELTA 1 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-03-17 03:21:39	0.0004051433	153.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB	LEO	2025-01-07 06:32:24	0.000222472	65.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-08 14:49:39	0.0001485991	169.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1181	LEO	2024-11-08 05:29:24	0.0003143186	894.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

Earth observation satellite

DELTA 1 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta 0900 | Landsat 1’, on board a Delta 0900 space rocket.

The launch took place on July 23, 1972, 6:06 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.

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Delta 0900 | Landsat 1

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: July 23, 1972, 6:06 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Delta 0900

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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