CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1965-0248
OPS 7087
OPS 7087 (NORAD 1303) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 June 1965, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1303
International designator
1965-017A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Mar 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jun 1965UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months95 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
90.0°N to 90.0°SFinal inclination 90.0°
Mass
54 kg
Operator
USN BuWeps
Built by
NAFI
Bus
Transit 5
Programme
NNS N
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 90.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 90.0°N and 90.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsOPS 7087’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1965-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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