CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0054
SAMOS 5
SAMOS 5 (NORAD 217) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 August 1962, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
217
International designator
1961-035A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
22 Dec 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Aug 1962UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months235 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.7°N to 89.7°SFinal inclination 89.7°
Mass
300 kg
Operator
SAFSP
Built by
LMSC
Bus
Samos 101B RFL
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 89.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.7°N and 89.7°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsSAMOS 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with SAMOS 5
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1961-035
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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