CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0061
OV1-17
OV1-17 (NORAD 3823) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 March 1970, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3823
International designator
1969-025A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Mar 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Mar 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months352 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.8°N to 80.8°SFinal inclination 99.2°
Mass
141 kg
Operator
USAF OAR
Built by
GD/Convair
Bus
OV1
Programme
OV1 F
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 99.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.8°N and 80.8°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsOV1-17’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Mar 1970
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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