CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0010
WRESAT
WRESAT (NORAD 3054) came down while still attached to its host on 10 January 1968, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3054
International designator
1967-118A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Australia
Launched
29 Nov 1967Woomera
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jan 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month42 days
How it ended
Came down attached to its host
Latitude range
83.3°N to 83.3°SFinal inclination 83.3°
Mass
45 kg
Operator
WRE
Built by
WRE
Bus
WRESAT
Programme
WRESAT
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 83.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.3°N and 83.3°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthWRESAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Jan 1968
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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