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Entry no.
1978-0210
OPS 7803
OPS 7803 (NORAD 6096) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 May 1978 over the Arctic Ocean, after 5 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6096
International designator
1972-052C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 May 1978Recorded time 17:28 UTC
Time in orbit
5 years, 9 months2,129 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.9°N to 83.9°SFinal inclination 96.1°
Mass
167 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC / Motorola
Bus
P-11 H
Programme
EHH B
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 83.0°N, 10.0°E at 17:28 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 96.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.9°N and 83.9°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 9 monthsOPS 7803’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-052
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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