CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0210
OPS 6749
OPS 6749 (NORAD 1422) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 August 1968, after 3 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1422
International designator
1965-050A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
25 Jun 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Aug 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 1 month1,154 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.4°N to 72.4°SFinal inclination 107.6°
Mass
88 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC / SEL
Bus
P-11 ML
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 107.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.4°N and 72.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 1 monthOPS 6749’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Aug 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1965-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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