CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0088
LES 3
LES 3 (NORAD 1941) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 April 1968, after 2 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1941
International designator
1965-108D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
21 Dec 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Apr 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 3 months837 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.4°N to 26.4°SFinal inclination 26.4°
Mass
16 kg
Operator
USAF SSD
Built by
MIT-LL
Bus
LES
Programme
LES
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 26.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.4°N and 26.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 3 monthsLES 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Apr 1968
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1965-108
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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