Key statistics
Satellite DELTA 1 DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
18936
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.7
Latest
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: 1973-086GB
Object number (NORAD): 9703
Object ID (CCSDS): 9703
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.291 minutes
Inclination: 65.7201 deg
SMA: 7386.216 km
Apoapsis: 1100.1 km
Periapsis: 916.062 km
RAAN: 272.525 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01245826
Argument of periapsis: 5.8051 deg
Mean anomaly: 54.9049 deg
Mean motion: 13.67633581 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000059 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015536862 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 3:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DELTA 1 DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 09703U 73086GB 25252.15649902 .00000059 00000-0 15537-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 09703 65.7201 272.5250 0124583 5.8051 54.9049 13.67633581545577
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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