CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0348
SATURN 5 DEB
SATURN 5 DEB (NORAD 6780) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 December 1974.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6780
International designator
1973-027W
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 May 1973Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Dec 1974UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 6 months577 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.5°N to 50.5°SFinal inclination 50.5°
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 50.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.5°N and 50.5°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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