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Entry no.
1972-0282
OPS 7293
OPS 7293 (NORAD 6094) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 13 September 1972, after 2 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
6094
International designator
1972-052A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Sep 1972UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months68 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
83.2°N to 83.2°SFinal inclination 96.8°
Mass
6,465 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC
Bus
KH-9
Programme
Hex I
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 96.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.2°N and 83.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsOPS 7293’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-052
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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