CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0512
OPS 8533 DEB
OPS 8533 DEB (NORAD 9427) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 September 1976.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9427
International designator
1976-094B
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
15 Sep 1976Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Sep 1976UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 days2 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.7°N to 83.7°SFinal inclination 96.3°
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 96.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.7°N and 83.7°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 17 Sep 1976
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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