CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0201
ATLAS D R/B
ATLAS D R/B (NORAD 2897) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 May 1977, after 9 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2897
International designator
1967-072C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
27 Jul 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 May 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 9 months3,567 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.4°N to 78.4°SFinal inclination 101.6°
Mass
125 kg
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 101.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.4°N and 78.4°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 9 monthsATLAS D R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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