CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1966-0513
OV1-6
OV1-6 (NORAD 2527) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 December 1966, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2527
International designator
1966-099C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Nov 1966Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Dec 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month58 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.8°N to 32.8°SFinal inclination 32.8°
Mass
198 kg
Operator
USAF OAR / USAF SSD
Built by
GD/Convair
Bus
OV1
Programme
OV1 X
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 32.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.8°N and 32.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthOV1-6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1966-099
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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