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Entry no.
1973-0398

AEROS (GRS-B)

AEROS (GRS-B) (NORAD 6315) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 August 1973, after 8 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
6315
International designator
1972-100A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
16 Dec 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Aug 1973UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months249 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 96.9°
Mass
125 kg
Operator
DFVLR
Built by
Dornier/Fried.
Bus
Aeros
Programme
GRS

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 96.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.

Life in orbit

8 months

AEROS (GRS-B)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 22 Aug 1973

1 entry
1973-0399SL-6 R/B(1)

From the same launch

1972-100
1973-0046SCOUT D-1 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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