CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0433
SKYLAB 3
SKYLAB 3 (NORAD 6757) landed after a space station visit on 25 September 1973, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6757
International designator
1973-050A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
28 Jul 1973Cape Canaveral
Landed (UTC)
25 Sep 1973UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month59 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
50.0°N to 50.0°SFinal inclination 50.0°
Mass
5,932 kg
Operator
NASA JSC
Built by
Rockwell/Downey
Bus
CM
Programme
Apollo II
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
1 monthSKYLAB 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Sep 1973
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1973-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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