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Satellite · NORAD 2324 · COSPAR 1966-063A

OV1-8

DecayedPayloadLEOUnknown derived

Altitude now

object decayed

Velocity

Inclination

144.15°

Period

92.6 min

92.6 min

Perigee

393km

Apogee

410km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 04 Jan 1978.· Metadata updated 17 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 04 Jan 1978 and is no longer tracked.

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Unknown
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Decayed [D]
Radar cross-section
1.1 m²

CelesTrak groups

Not listed in any CelesTrak group.

Aliases

  • OV1-8Celestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
US · United States

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
14 Jul 1966
COSPAR launch id
1966-063

Objects from the same launch · 5

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

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources

No source is linked to this record yet — the catalogue row exists but no provenance entry has been written for it.

Field provenance

No field-level provenance recorded.

Timeline

Events

All 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
2324
COSPAR / international designator
1966-063A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JJN9W89NB1VKHVRB608
Canonical slug
ov1-8-2324

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.

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