CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1967-0002
OV4-1R
OV4-1R (NORAD 2526) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 January 1967, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2526
International designator
1966-099B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Nov 1966Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Jan 1967UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months63 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.8°N to 32.8°SFinal inclination 32.8°
Mass
140 kg
Operator
USAF OAR / USAF SSD
Built by
Raytheon
Bus
OV4
Programme
OV4
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
2 monthsOV4-1R’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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