CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1963-0043
FTV 1292
FTV 1292 (NORAD 598) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 July 1963, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
598
International designator
1963-021E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
15 Jun 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jul 1963UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month42 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.9°N to 69.9°SFinal inclination 69.9°
Mass
29 kg
Operator
NRO / NRL
Built by
NRL
Bus
NRL 20"
Programme
POPPY
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 monthFTV 1292’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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