CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1975-0008
SATURN 5 R/B
SATURN 5 R/B (NORAD 6634) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 January 1975 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 1 year, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6634
International designator
1973-027B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
14 May 1973Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jan 1975UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 7 months607 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.0°N to 50.0°SFinal inclination 50.0°
Mass
58,407 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 34.0°N, 19.0°W. Its final orbit, inclined at 50.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.0°N and 50.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 7 monthsSATURN 5 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Jan 1975
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1973-027
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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