Key statistics
Satellite DELTA 1 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
18809
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 11.5
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
101.9
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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: 1973-086GJ
Object number (NORAD): 9979
Object ID (CCSDS): 9979
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 125.16 minutes
Inclination: 101.9262 deg
SMA: 8288.383 km
Apoapsis: 2396.715 km
Periapsis: 1423.781 km
RAAN: 108.3118 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0586926
Argument of periapsis: 261.6953 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.4651 deg
Mean motion: 11.50530236 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000103 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0020619 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 3, 2025, 5:28 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 3, 2025, 11:14 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DELTA 1 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 09979U 73086GJ 25123.46811130 .00000103 00000-0 20619-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 09979 101.9262 108.3118 0586926 261.6953 263.4651 11.50530236472788
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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