CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1963-0032
SURCAL 1
SURCAL 1 (NORAD 507) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 July 1963, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
507
International designator
1962-067C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Dec 1962Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jul 1963UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months200 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.2°N to 70.2°SFinal inclination 70.2°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
NRL
Built by
NRL
Bus
NRL 6" Calsphere
Programme
NRL Cal
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 70.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.2°N and 70.2°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsSURCAL 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1962-067
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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