CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0125
TATS 1 (TETR-1)
TATS 1 (TETR-1) (NORAD 3067) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 April 1968, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3067
International designator
1967-123B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
13 Dec 1967Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Apr 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months137 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.9°N to 32.9°SFinal inclination 32.9°
Mass
18 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
TRW
Bus
ORS
Programme
TTS
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 32.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.9°N and 32.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsTATS 1 (TETR-1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Apr 1968
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1967-123
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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