CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0141
ESRO 1A (AURORAE)
ESRO 1A (AURORAE) (NORAD 3459) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 June 1970, after 1 year, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3459
International designator
1968-084A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
ESRO
Launched
3 Oct 1968Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jun 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 8 months631 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.4°N to 86.4°SFinal inclination 93.6°
Mass
85 kg
Operator
ESRO
Built by
LCT
Bus
ESRO 1
Programme
ESRO
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 93.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.4°N and 86.4°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 8 monthsESRO 1A (AURORAE)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1968-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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