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Entry no.
1974-0201
OPS 6245
OPS 6245 (NORAD 7242) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 28 July 1974, after 3 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
7242
International designator
1974-020A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
10 Apr 1974Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Jul 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months109 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
85.6°N to 85.6°SFinal inclination 94.4°
Mass
7,088 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC
Bus
KH-9
Programme
Hex 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 94.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 85.6°N and 85.6°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsOPS 6245’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1974-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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