Launch · COSPAR 1986-014 · 09 Feb 1986

USA 15

Name: Launch 1986-014 — USA 15
Start: 1986-02-09
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

33% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 9

Payload Payload · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
USA 15 USA (classified US military payloads)	16591	1986-014A	Unknown	LEO	367 / 1,303 km	63.31°	on orbit	National Reconnaissance Office
USA 16 USA (classified US military payloads)	16624	1986-014E	Unknown	LEO	410 / 1,570 km	63.30°	on orbit	National Reconnaissance Office
USA 17 USA (classified US military payloads)	16625	1986-014F	Unknown	LEO	408 / 1,555 km	63.30°	on orbit	National Reconnaissance Office
USA 18 USA (classified US military payloads)	16631	1986-014H	Unknown	LEO	373 / 1,460 km	63.29°	on orbit	National Reconnaissance Office

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ATLAS H R/B	16592	1986-014B	Inactive	LEO	769 / 1,197 km	63.34°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
USA 15 DEB	16622	1986-014C	Inactive	OTHER	—	—	on orbit	—
USA 15 DEB	16623	1986-014D	Decayed	LEO	190 / 231 km	63.24°	07 Dec 2020	—
USA 15 DEB	16630	1986-014G	Decayed	LEO	179 / 199 km	63.23°	06 Feb 2022	—
USA 15 DEB	44435	1986-014J	Decayed	LEO	205 / 265 km	63.26°	05 Feb 2022	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1986-014; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.