CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1961-0046
RANGER 2
RANGER 2 (NORAD 206) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 November 1961, after 2 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
206
International designator
1961-032A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Nov 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Nov 1961UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 days2 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
33.3°N to 33.3°SFinal inclination 33.3°
Mass
306 kg
Operator
JPL
Built by
JPL
Bus
Ranger Block I
Programme
Ranger I
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 33.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 33.3°N and 33.3°S.
Life in orbit
2 days
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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