CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1975-0445
APOLLO MODEL 5
APOLLO MODEL 5 (NORAD 1468) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 November 1975, after 10 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1468
International designator
1965-060B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Jul 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Nov 1975UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 3 months3,767 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.9°N to 28.9°SFinal inclination 28.9°
Mass
2,000 kg
Operator
MSC
Built by
NAA/Downey
Bus
CM
Programme
Apollo BPS
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 28.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.9°N and 28.9°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 3 monthsAPOLLO MODEL 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Nov 1975
1 entryFrom the same launch
1965-060
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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