CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0160
OPS 6761
OPS 6761 (NORAD 1472) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 June 1968, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1472
International designator
1965-062B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Aug 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jun 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,049 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.7°N to 72.7°SFinal inclination 107.3°
Mass
83 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC / ATI
Bus
P-11 L
Programme
EHH B
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 107.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.7°N and 72.7°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 10 monthsOPS 6761’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with OPS 6761
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1965-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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