CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0003
OSCAR 1
OSCAR 1 (NORAD 214) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 January 1962, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
214
International designator
1961-034B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
12 Dec 1961Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jan 1962UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month50 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 81.1°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
OSCAR
Built by
OSCAR
Bus
OSCAR
Programme
OSCAR
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 81.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthOSCAR 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1961-034
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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