CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0291
OPS 6717
OPS 6717 (NORAD 1329) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 October 1969, after 4 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1329
International designator
1965-031B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
28 Apr 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Oct 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 6 months1,647 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
84.9°N to 84.9°SFinal inclination 95.1°
Mass
89 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 95.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 84.9°N and 84.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 6 monthsOPS 6717’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1965-031
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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