CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1965-0232
HITCH HIKER 2
HITCH HIKER 2 (NORAD 682) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 May 1965, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
682
International designator
1963-042B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Oct 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 May 1965UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months572 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.9°N to 89.9°SFinal inclination 89.9°
Mass
72 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 89.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.9°N and 89.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 6 monthsHITCH HIKER 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 May 1965
1 entryFrom the same launch
1963-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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