CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1975-0067
OPS 7122
OPS 7122 (NORAD 7495) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 18 March 1975, after 4 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
7495
International designator
1974-085A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Oct 1974Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Mar 1975UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months140 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
83.5°N to 83.5°SFinal inclination 96.5°
Mass
6,987 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 96.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.5°N and 83.5°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsOPS 7122’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Mar 1975
1 entryFrom the same launch
1974-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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