CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0018
SATURN 5 DEB
SATURN 5 DEB (NORAD 6642) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 January 1974.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6642
International designator
1973-027J
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 May 1973Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jan 1974UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 months250 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
49.9°N to 49.9°SFinal inclination 49.9°
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 49.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 49.9°N and 49.9°S.
Life in orbit
SATURN 5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1973-027
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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