CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1963-0004
AMS
E-6 No. 2
AMS (NORAD 522) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 January 1963, after 7 days in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
522
International designator
1963-001B
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
SPUTNIK 25 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
4 Jan 1963Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jan 1963UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 days7 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
Mass
1,288 kg
Operator
OKB-1
Built by
OKB-1
Bus
E-6 DU
Programme
E-6
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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.
Life in orbit
7 daysAlso ended on 11 Jan 1963
1 entryFrom the same launch
1963-001Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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