CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0059
OPS 6236
OPS 6236 (NORAD 3114) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 March 1970, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3114
International designator
1968-008B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Jan 1968Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Mar 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month770 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.6°N to 81.6°SFinal inclination 81.6°
Mass
115 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC / ESL
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
2 years, 1 monthOPS 6236’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1968-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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