CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0248
ANS
ANS (NORAD 7427) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 June 1977, after 2 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7427
International designator
1974-070A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Netherlands
Launched
30 Aug 1974Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jun 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 9 months1,019 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 97.9°
Mass
131 kg
Operator
NIVR
Built by
Fokker Space / ICANS
Bus
ANS
Programme
ANS
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 97.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 9 monthsANS’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1974-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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