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OAR-0028251 UNKNOWN DEBRIS

DELTA 4 DEB

launched 2003-03-11 from AFETR · LEO regime · owner code US
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Identity
OAR Asset IDOAR-0028251
Object nameDELTA 4 DEB
NORAD catalogue no.28245
COSPAR / Int'l designator2003-008E
Object typeDEBRIS
Owner codeUS
StatusUNKNOWN
Disposal—
Decay watch—
Owner / launching orgUnited States (United States) nation
OrbitLEO
Regime (SATCAT summary)
LEO
Period
107.15 min
Apogee (alt)
1994 km
Perigee (alt)
196 km
Inclination
25.45°
Element set
none ingested (object may be decayed or inactive)
Launch
Launch date2003-03-11
Launch siteAFETR
Decay date—
Operator attribution (GCAT)
Operator (GCAT)Boeing Launch Services (?) business
Huntington Beach, California (US)
Manufacturer—
GCAT identifiersS28245 · 2003-008E (D P C)
Name in GCATdeb Delta 296 (catalogue name differs)
Reconciliationmatched by satcat_number · confirmed
Attribution from GCAT (J. McDowell), ingested under CC-BY-4.0 and shown alongside — not in place of — the catalogue owner above. GCAT reflects one researcher's editorial synthesis of public sources; treat it as evidence of the operator, not as a determination. McDowell, J., General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (GCAT), planet4589.org/space/gcat, CC-BY-4.0
Succession of responsibility
Organisation phaseFromToState
McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Corp. (MDSSC-HB) MDSSC 1967 1996 US
Boeing Launch Services (?) BLS CURRENT ← at this object's attribution 1996 — US
Phases of the same organisation (GCAT UCode MDSSC) through renames, acquisitions and restructurings. Continuity of the operating entity does not by itself transfer liability, which under Liability Convention Art. II–III attaches to the launching state.
Launching State attributionJOINT & SEVERAL
A State qualifies if it launches, procures the launch, or the launch occurs from its territory or facility. Status is fixed at launch and does not transfer with the operator.
LimbStateTierBasis
Launch agency US T3 DERIVED Launch conducted by Boeing Launch Services (?) (US)
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State which launches a space object
Facility US T3 DERIVED Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, a facility of US
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State from whose facility an object is launched
Territory US T3 DERIVED Launch site Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA is on the territory of US (operated by US) — OAR launch-site mapping (CelesTrak SATCAT site code)
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State from whose territory an object is launched
Procurement US T4 INFERRED Inferred from owner nationality: Boeing Launch Services (?) (US)
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State which procures the launching (INFERRED, not established)
A State qualifies if it launches, procures the launching, or the launch is from its territory or facility — more than one State can qualify for one object, and launching States are jointly and severally liable (Liability Convention Art. V). Launching-State status is fixed at launch and does not transfer when operators change. Tier 4 claims are inferred from owner nationality and are the weakest: rideshare procurement through integrators is genuinely contestable.
Aliases
Every identifier that resolves to this OAR ID.
COSPAR2003-008E
NAMEDELTA 4 DEB
NORAD28245
Record history
Logged events for this record — from the ingest log and reported lifecycle events, not a reconstruction.
2026-08-16T06:41:00.381Z
Record last updated by ingest
2026-07-02T14:44:09.143Z
Object catalogued · OAR ID issued