CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0290
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B(1)
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B(1) (NORAD 6426) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 November 1974, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6426
International designator
1973-019C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
6 Apr 1973Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Nov 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months577 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
2,000 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
1 year, 6 monthsATLAS CENTAUR R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Nov 1974
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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