CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0224
ATS 2
ATS 2 (NORAD 2743) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 September 1969, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2743
International designator
1967-031A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Apr 1967Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Sep 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months880 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.2°N to 28.2°SFinal inclination 28.2°
Mass
325 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
Hughes
Bus
HS-306
Programme
ATS
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 28.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.2°N and 28.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 4 monthsATS 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-031
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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