THEMIS B

THEMIS B is catalogued in this registry as a payload, held in the frame of Earth, from GCAT — artificial space objects.

Registry id GCAT_S30581 · source layer gcat · provenance PROCESSED — derived deterministically from source catalogues (unit, frame and epoch conversions, cross-source reconciliation) — no value invented

Exists from 2007-02-17 23:01:00 UTC (JD 2454149.45903) — no end date is recorded.

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Measured quantities

QuantityValueUncertaintySource
Radius24.8 mno published uncertainty in this registryGCAT — artificial space objects
Mass125 kgno published uncertainty in this registryGCAT — artificial space objects

Each row carries its own uncertainty and its own source. Where a row says no uncertainty is published, that is what the catalogue says — it is not a claim that the value is exact.

Trajectory, leg by leg

This object's parent frame changes over its life. Each leg names the frame it is expressed in and the source arc it came from. A leg with no geometry is a declared gap — the registry holds no path across it and draws none. This object has 225 legs; the table shows the first and last 12 and counts the rest.

FromToFrameGeometry Source arc
2007-02-18 00:13:59 UTC (JD 2454149.509722222)2007-10-05 08:46:00 UTC (JD 2454378.865277778)EARTHorbitsatcat
2007-10-05 08:46:00 UTC (JD 2454378.865277778)2009-07-20 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2455032.5)EARTHorbitdeepcat
2009-07-20 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2455032.5)2009-09-16 10:24:59 UTC (JD 2455090.9340277775)EARTHorbitlprcat
2009-09-16 10:24:59 UTC (JD 2455090.9340277775)2009-09-17 16:13:59 UTC (JD 2455092.1763888886)MOONno geometry in this leglprcat
2009-09-17 16:13:59 UTC (JD 2455092.1763888886)2009-12-07 01:57:59 UTC (JD 2455172.581944444)EARTHorbitlprcat
2009-12-07 01:57:59 UTC (JD 2455172.581944444)2009-12-09 00:42:00 UTC (JD 2455174.529166667)MOONno geometry in this leglprcat
2009-12-09 00:42:00 UTC (JD 2455174.529166667)2010-01-30 11:11:00 UTC (JD 2455226.9659722224)EARTHorbitlprcat
2010-01-30 11:11:00 UTC (JD 2455226.9659722224)2010-02-01 05:29:00 UTC (JD 2455228.7284722226)MOONno geometry in this leglprcat
2010-02-01 05:29:00 UTC (JD 2455228.7284722226)2010-02-12 12:29:00 UTC (JD 2455240.020138889)EARTHno geometry in this leglprcat
2010-02-12 12:29:00 UTC (JD 2455240.020138889)2010-02-14 07:13:59 UTC (JD 2455241.8013888886)MOONno geometry in this leglprcat
2010-02-14 07:13:59 UTC (JD 2455241.8013888886)2010-05-04 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2455320.5)EARTHorbitlprcat
2010-07-05 03:46:59 UTC (JD 2455382.657638889)2010-08-30 04:35:59 UTC (JD 2455438.6916666664)EARTHno geometry in this leglprcat
… 201 further legs omitted here. The registry holds all 225; the scene draws them.
2025-09-11 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2460930.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2025-10-11 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2460960.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2025-11-10 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2460990.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2025-12-10 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2461020.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2026-01-09 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2461050.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2026-02-08 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2461080.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2026-03-10 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2461110.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2026-04-09 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2461140.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2026-05-09 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2461170.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2026-06-08 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2461200.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2026-07-08 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2461230.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons
2026-08-07 16:29:50 UTC (JD 2461260.187393703)open-endedMOONorbithorizons

Classification

Kindpayload
Originartificial (made by humans)
Operating nationUSA
Operator classgovernmental
Launch site codeCC
Launch vehicleDelta 7925-10C
Launch outcomesuccess
UN registrationregistered with the United Nations — USA · ST/SG/SER.E/524
Planetary protectiontarget Luna · contact class none_flyby · COSPAR category II under the policy in force at launch (II under the 2026 policy) · documentation: undocumented — a DOCUMENTATION fact, never a compliance verdict
Separated fromGCAT_A07173 on 2007-02-18 00:13:59 UTC (JD 2454149.509722222)

The catalogue's own note

S30581 #30581 2007-004B · aka NAIF651 · GSFC/US · mfr SWALES · bus ATK-A100 · op DSO · dry 76 kg · category SCI/PLAN · class C · program MIDEX · a/e/i GCAT; Ω,ω,M₀ not in GCAT → placeholder spread (ω = 0; display only) [GCAT] · position from horizons (rank 3); lprcat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is lprcat epoch 2011-01-02, a=46,070 km e=0.3298 i=1.54°, covering 2010-12-30..2011-06-24 · position from horizons (rank 3); lprcat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is lprcat epoch 2011-07-02, a=14,988 km e=0.8712 i=169.78°, covering 2011-06-27..open [JPL Horizons]

Reproduced as the source wrote it. Author-year citations link to their DOI where one is registered.

What this registry does not know about it

These are absences in the catalogues aggregated here, not measurements of zero, and not statements that the quantity is unknown to science:

Where this record comes from

DatabaseGCAT — artificial space objects
AuthorityGCAT — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (J. McDowell)
Addresshttps://planet4589.org/space/gcat/tsv
LicenceCC-BY 4.0 — https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/
How it enteredRAW snapshot via scripts/ingest-gcat.ts
Snapshot2026-06-09
Coverage54,915 objects; 1138 multisegment; 349 landed; debris archived, off by default; 1,797 failed-to-orbit objects placed at their launch sites (existence-windowed to their fall); uncatalogued (CSO/analyst) objects included; 36 marked-erroneous (ERR) phantom entries skipped; 20,196 carry a MEASURED Ω/ω/M₀ from a Celestrak GP join, the rest a deterministic placeholder spread; launch log joined by Launch_Tag → site:/lv:/outcome: facets on 54,557 objects (54,508 with minute-precise launch time); 99 deep-space trajectories refined by JPL Horizons navigation arcs (piecewise osculating elements, heliocentric cruise spans only)

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