CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0259
OPS 8595
OPS 8595 (NORAD 3409) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 September 1969, after 1 year in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3409
International designator
1968-078B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Sep 1968Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Sep 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year375 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.2°N to 83.2°SFinal inclination 83.2°
Mass
108 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC / EDL-Sylvania
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 83.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.2°N and 83.2°S.
Life in orbit
1 yearOPS 8595’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1968-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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