Launch · COSPAR 1963-038 · 28 Sept 1963

TRANSIT 5B-1

Name: Launch 1963-038 — TRANSIT 5B-1
Start: 1963-09-28
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

50% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 16

Payload Payload · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
TRANSIT 5B-1	670	1963-038B	Unknown	LEO	1,060 / 1,124 km	89.97°	on orbit	—
RADIATION SAT (5E-1)	671	1963-038C	Unknown	LEO	1,058 / 1,121 km	89.97°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
THOR ABLESTAR R/B	669	1963-038A	Inactive	LEO	1,068 / 1,105 km	89.98°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 13

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
THOR ABLESTAR DEB	672	1963-038D	Inactive	LEO	983 / 1,024 km	89.99°	on orbit	—
THOR ABLESTAR DEB	745	1963-038E	Inactive	LEO	1,037 / 1,066 km	89.99°	on orbit	—
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB	1528	1963-038F	Decayed	LEO	634 / 664 km	89.81°	15 Jan 1980	—
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB	2097	1963-038G	Inactive	LEO	985 / 1,039 km	90.00°	on orbit	—
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB	3166	1963-038H	Inactive	LEO	1,059 / 1,123 km	89.97°	on orbit	—
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB	4587	1963-038J	Decayed	LEO	547 / 578 km	89.82°	04 Oct 1981	—
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB	7259	1963-038K	Decayed	LEO	765 / 795 km	89.83°	06 Nov 1982	—
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB	12943	1963-038L	Decayed	LEO	869 / 1,064 km	90.15°	12 Feb 1983	—
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB	19062	1963-038M	Decayed	LEO	572 / 597 km	89.85°	11 May 1991	—
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB	20470	1963-038N	Decayed	LEO	213 / 235 km	90.03°	12 Jan 2017	—
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB	27479	1963-038P	Decayed	LEO	452 / 466 km	90.05°	25 Apr 2023	—
THOR ABLESTAR DEB	38521	1963-038Q	Inactive	LEO	1,057 / 1,121 km	89.97°	on orbit	—
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB	38522	1963-038R	Decayed	LEO	538 / 560 km	90.05°	01 May 2024	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1963-038; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.