CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1963-0025
SAMOS 6
SAMOS 6 (NORAD 256) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 June 1963, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
256
International designator
1962-007A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Mar 1962Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jun 1963UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months457 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.1°N to 89.1°SFinal inclination 90.9°
Mass
600 kg
Operator
SAFSP
Built by
LMSC
Bus
E-5 RV
Programme
SAMOS E-5
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 90.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.1°N and 89.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 3 monthsSAMOS 6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1962-007
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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