Launch · COSPAR 2001-033 · 06 Aug 2001

USA 159 (DSP 21)

Name: Launch 2001-033 — USA 159 (DSP 21)
Start: 2001-08-06
Location: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

20% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
USA 159 (DSP 21)USA (classified US military payloads)	26880	2001-033A	Unknown	GEO	36,081 / 36,099 km	12.86°	on orbit	National Reconnaissance Office

Rocket body Rocket body · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
TITAN 4B R/B	26881	2001-033B	Decayed	LEO	131 / 203 km	28.61°	13 Oct 2001	—
IUS R/B(1)	26882	2001-033C	Inactive	OTHER	313 / 32,610 km	28.51°	on orbit	—
IUS R/B(2)	26883	2001-033D	Inactive	GEO	35,868 / 35,922 km	13.00°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
USA 159 DEB	26887	2001-033E	Inactive	OTHER	—	—	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 2001-033; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.