CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1966-0134
SATURN 1 (R/B)
SATURN 1 (R/B) (NORAD 744) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 April 1966, after 2 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
744
International designator
1964-005A
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
29 Jan 1964Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Apr 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 3 months822 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.4°N to 31.4°SFinal inclination 31.4°
Mass
6,441 kg
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 31.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.4°N and 31.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 3 monthsSATURN 1 (R/B)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Apr 1966
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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