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Debris object · NORAD 17247 · COSPAR 1985-114D

USA 14 DEB

DecayedDebrisLEODebris derived

Altitude now

—

object decayed

Velocity

—

Inclination

37.06°

Period

90.1 min

90.1 min

Perigee

256km

Apogee

304km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 02 Mar 1987.· Metadata updated 10 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 02 Mar 1987 and is no longer tracked.

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Debris
Object type
Debris
SATCAT ops status
Decayed [D]
Radar cross-section
0.1 m²

CelesTrak groups

Not listed in any CelesTrak group.

Aliases

  • USA 14 DEBCelestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
US · United States
Country
United States US

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
13 Dec 1985
COSPAR launch id
1985-114
Launch site
Wallops Flight Facility / MARS, Virginia

Objects from the same launch · 4

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
17247
COSPAR / international designator
1985-114D
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JNV1XTP0D7CW6CYYFE2
Canonical slug
usa-14-deb-17247

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.