CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1965-0290
RADAR EVALUATION POD
RADAR EVALUATION POD (NORAD 1518) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 August 1965, after 6 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1518
International designator
1965-068C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
21 Aug 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Aug 1965UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 days6 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
35 kg
Operator
MSC
Built by
McDonnell
Bus
REP
Programme
TDA
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
6 daysFrom the same launch
1965-068
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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