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NORAD
8872
TITAN 34B R/B
A rocket body owned by the United States, in a highly elliptical orbit since 2 June 1976.
Legilux
Published by 303 Overwatch A.S.B.L from CelesTrak, so that operators whose orbits it crosses can see whose rocket body this is. Accredited by the Luxembourg Ministry of National Education.
All objects owned by the United States- Perigee135 kmAs of , above the Earth
- Apogee29,534 kmabove the Earth
- Inclination62.79°to the equator
- Period512.45 minone orbit
SATCAT
This record is derived from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (SATCAT) as built on . Check this record at CelesTrak, or cite this page.
All objects owned by the United StatesThe record
- NORAD catalogue number
- 8872
- Object type
- Rocket body
- Status
- Unknown
- Owner
- United States
- International designator
- 1976-050B
- Launched
- 2 June 1976
- Launch site
- Air Force Western Test Range, California, USA
- Orbit class
- HEO
- Orbiting
- Earth
- Perigee
- 135 km
- Apogee
- 29,534 km
- Inclination
- 62.79 degrees
- Period
- 512.45 minutes
- Radar cross-section
- not published
As of
2026-10-19
Ground track
No current element set for this object: CelesTrak's list of active satellites, as built here on UTC, does not carry it, so no ground track is drawn.
Timeline
Launched from Air Force Western Test Range, California, USA.
Still catalogued in orbit, 50 years after launch.
Source
This record is derived from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (SATCAT), from US Space Force data published on Space-Track.org, as built on . Check this record at CelesTrak. This page carries no position and makes no prediction.
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