CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0028
RMS
RMS (NORAD 4692) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 1971, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4692
International designator
1970-094B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
9 Nov 1970Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 1971Recorded time 09:39 UTC
Time in orbit
2 months90 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
37.4°N to 37.4°SFinal inclination 37.4°
Mass
21 kg
Operator
MSC
Built by
LTV
Bus
RM
Programme
NASA Small
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 37.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 37.4°N and 37.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsRMS’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Feb 1971
1 entryFrom the same launch
1970-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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