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Entry no.
1966-0032

PROTON 2

PROTON 2 (NORAD 1701) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 February 1966, after 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
1701
International designator
1965-087A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
2 Nov 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Feb 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months96 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.4°N to 63.4°SFinal inclination 63.4°
Mass
8,300 kg
Operator
OKB-1
Built by
OKB-1
Bus
Proton N-4
Programme
N-4

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 63.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.4°N and 63.4°S.

Life in orbit

3 months

From the same launch

1965-087
1966-0004SL-9 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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