CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0049
OV1-86
OV1-86 (NORAD 2893) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 February 1972, after 4 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2893
International designator
1967-072A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
27 Jul 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Feb 1972UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 6 months1,671 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.3°N to 78.3°SFinal inclination 101.7°
Mass
105 kg
Operator
USAF OAR
Built by
GD/Convair
Bus
OV1
Programme
OV1 X
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 101.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.3°N and 78.3°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 6 monthsOV1-86’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Feb 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1967-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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