CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0043
OPS 5140 (DMSP 8)
OPS 5140 (DMSP 8) (NORAD 8696) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 February 1976, after 0 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8696
International designator
1976-016A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Feb 1976Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Feb 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
0 days0 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 98.9°
Mass
195 kg
Operator
SAMSO
Built by
RCA/East Windsor
Bus
DMSP Block 5C
Programme
DMSP 5C
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 98.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
0 days
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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