CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0208
TITAN 3D R/B
TITAN 3D R/B (NORAD 9628) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 May 1977, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9628
International designator
1976-125B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Dec 1976Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 May 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months141 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 96.9°
Mass
2,650 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 96.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsTITAN 3D R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1976-125
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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