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Entry no.
1965-0260

LEAD BALLAST

LEAD BALLAST (NORAD 1412) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 June 1965, after 11 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
1412
International designator
1965-047A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Jun 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jun 1965UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 days11 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.1°N to 32.1°SFinal inclination 32.1°
Mass
8,948 kg
Operator
USAF SSD
Built by
Martin Marietta
Bus
Titan 3 PLF
Programme
Transtage PL

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 32.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.1°N and 32.1°S.

Life in orbit

11 days

From the same launch

1965-047
1965-0255TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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