CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0089
OPS 1587
OPS 1587 (NORAD 3025) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 March 1969, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3025
International designator
1967-109B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Nov 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Mar 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months512 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.6°N to 81.6°SFinal inclination 81.6°
Mass
94 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC / EDL-Sylvania
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 81.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.6°N and 81.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 4 monthsOPS 1587’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Mar 1969
1 entryFrom the same launch
1967-109
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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