CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0388
ATLAS AGENA D R/B
ATLAS AGENA D R/B (NORAD 2428) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 September 1977, after 12 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2428
International designator
1965-058D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
20 Jul 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Sep 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 1 month4,442 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
35.0°N to 35.0°SFinal inclination 35.0°
Mass
600 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 35.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 35.0°N and 35.0°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 1 monthATLAS AGENA D R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Sep 1977
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1965-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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