CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0217
LTA-2R
LTA-2R (NORAD 3187) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 September 1968, after 4 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
3187
International designator
1968-025E
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
SATURN 5 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
United States
Launched
4 Apr 1968Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Sep 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months152 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.6°N to 32.6°SFinal inclination 32.6°
Mass
11,794 kg
Operator
MSC
Built by
Grummann
Bus
LTA
Programme
LTA
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 32.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.6°N and 32.6°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsLTA-2R’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1968-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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