CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1966-0013
SURCAL 1A
SURCAL 1A (NORAD 508) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 January 1966, after 3 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
508
International designator
1962-067D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Dec 1962Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jan 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 1 month1,132 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.2°N to 70.2°SFinal inclination 70.2°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
NRL
Built by
NRL
Bus
Surcal
Programme
SURCAL
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 70.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.2°N and 70.2°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 1 monthSURCAL 1A’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Jan 1966
1 entryFrom the same launch
1962-067
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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