Debris object · NORAD 40641 · COSPAR 1966-040BE
NIMBUS 2 DEB
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
—
no element set
Velocity
—
Inclination
100.40°
Period
107.0 min
107.0 min
Perigee
1,050km
Apogee
1,127km
orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file.· Metadata updated 26 min ago
Live position
Live position
Live position unavailable — no public orbital element set exists for this object (it may be classified, untracked or too small to catalogue).
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Debris
- Object type
- Debris
- Radar cross-section
- 0.0 m²
CelesTrak groups
Not listed in any CelesTrak group.
Aliases
- NIMBUS 2 DEBCelestrak Satcat
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 15 May 1966
- COSPAR launch id
- 1966-040
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- NIMBUS 2 DEB25825DebrisInactive
- NIMBUS 2 DEB26669DebrisInactive
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- NIMBUS 2 DEB26816DebrisInactive
- NIMBUS 2 DEB26962DebrisInactive
- NIMBUS 2 DEB27406DebrisInactive
- NIMBUS 2 DEB28200DebrisInactive
Change log
History
No changes recorded since first ingestion on 11 Sept 2026 18:54 UTC. Status, orbit class, name and ownership changes are logged here as sources are re-ingested.
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 26 min ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 13 Sept 2026 18:59 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 13 Sept 2026 18:59 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 13 Sept 2026 18:59 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 13 Sept 2026 18:59 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 13 Sept 2026 18:59 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 13 Sept 2026 18:59 UTC | 100% |
Timeline
Events
No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.
Reference
Identifiers
- NORAD catalogue number
- 40641
- COSPAR / international designator
- 1966-040BE
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X3JTKF9RXNZ6P4QT2C16Q
- Canonical slug
- nimbus-2-deb-40641
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Debris) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.