CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1964-0115
HITCH HIKER 3
HITCH HIKER 3 (NORAD 719) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 November 1964, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
719
International designator
1963-055B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
21 Dec 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Nov 1964UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months322 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.5°N to 64.5°SFinal inclination 64.5°
Mass
74 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC / EDL-Sylvania
Bus
P-11
Programme
EHH A
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 64.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.5°N and 64.5°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsHITCH HIKER 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1963-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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