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Entry no.
1973-0005

OPS 8314 (1)

OPS 8314 (1) (NORAD 6227) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 8 January 1973, after 2 months in orbit.

Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
6227
International designator
1972-079A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
10 Oct 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jan 1973UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months90 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
83.6°N to 83.6°SFinal inclination 96.4°
Mass
6,087 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC
Bus
KH-9
Programme
Hex I

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 96.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.6°N and 83.6°S.

Life in orbit

2 months

OPS 8314 (1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 8 Jan 1973

2 entries
1973-0007COSMOS 5411973-0006SL-7 R/B

From the same launch

1972-079
1972-0305TITAN 3D R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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