Key statistics
Satellite DELTA 1 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18814
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: 116.79 minutes
Inclination: 102.027 deg
SMA: 7914.624 km
Apoapsis: 1579.782 km
Periapsis: 1493.196 km
RAAN: 75.1744 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00547
Argument of periapsis: 331.7338 deg
Mean anomaly: 188.0623 deg
Mean motion: 12.32983619 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000153 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0016032 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 7:12 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DELTA 1 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 09978U 73086GH 25128.30001762 .00000153 00000-0 16032-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 09978 102.0270 75.1744 0054700 331.7338 188.0623 12.32983619242751
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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