CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0079
OPS 1965 DEB
OPS 1965 DEB (NORAD 3101) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 March 1968.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3101
International designator
1968-004B
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
17 Jan 1968Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Mar 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months72 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
75.1°N to 75.1°SFinal inclination 75.1°
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 75.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 75.1°N and 75.1°S.
Life in orbit
OPS 1965 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Mar 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-004
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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