CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0221
ATLAS AGENA A R/B
ATLAS AGENA A R/B (NORAD 79) came down while still attached to its host on 9 October 1970, after 9 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
79
International designator
1961-001B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
31 Jan 1961Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Oct 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 8 months3,538 days
How it ended
Came down attached to its host
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
1,194 kg
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 8 monthsATLAS AGENA A R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Oct 1970
1 entryFrom the same launch
1961-001
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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