Key statistics
Satellite DELTA 1 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18981
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.3
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: 1973-086GH
Object number (NORAD): 9978
Object ID (CCSDS): 9978
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 116.785 minutes
Inclination: 102.0438 deg
SMA: 7914.389 km
Apoapsis: 1579.735 km
Periapsis: 1492.774 km
RAAN: 239.0394 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0054939
Argument of periapsis: 22.0446 deg
Mean anomaly: 130.9793 deg
Mean motion: 12.33038487 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000262 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.0017777 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 7:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DELTA 1 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 9978U 73086GH 25296.32851272 -.00000262 00000-0 -17777-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 9978 102.0438 239.0394 0054939 22.0446 130.9793 12.33038487263463
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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