CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1963-0041
LOFTI 2A
LOFTI 2A (NORAD 601) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 July 1963, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
601
International designator
1963-021B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Jun 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jul 1963UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month33 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.9°N to 69.9°SFinal inclination 69.9°
Mass
27 kg
Operator
NRL
Built by
NRL
Bus
NRL 20"
Programme
Lofti
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 69.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.9°N and 69.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthLOFTI 2A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1963-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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