CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0176
ERS 17
ERS 17 (NORAD 1460) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 July 1968, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1460
International designator
1965-058C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
20 Jul 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jul 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,077 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
5 kg
Operator
USAF SSD
Built by
TRW
Bus
ORS Mk III
Programme
ORS III
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
2 years, 11 monthsFrom the same launch
1965-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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