CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1975-0363
AEROS 2
AEROS 2 (NORAD 7371) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 September 1975, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7371
International designator
1974-055A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
16 Jul 1974Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Sep 1975UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months436 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
125 kg
Operator
DFVLR
Built by
Dornier/Fried.
Bus
Aeros
Programme
GRS
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsAEROS 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Sep 1975
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1974-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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