CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0068
OV3-6
OV3-6 (NORAD 3057) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 March 1969, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3057
International designator
1967-120A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
5 Dec 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Mar 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months460 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.4°N to 89.4°SFinal inclination 90.6°
Mass
99 kg
Operator
USAF OAR
Built by
Space General
Bus
OV3
Programme
OV3
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 90.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.4°N and 89.4°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 3 monthsOV3-6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-120
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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