CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0428
SATURN 5 DEB
SATURN 5 DEB (NORAD 6774) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 September 1973.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6774
International designator
1973-027V
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 May 1973Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Sep 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 months129 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.0°N to 50.0°SFinal inclination 50.0°
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 50.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.0°N and 50.0°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 20 Sep 1973
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1973-027Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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