CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0343
TITAN 3D R/B
TITAN 3D R/B (NORAD 10948) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 July 1978, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
10948
International designator
1978-060B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
14 Jun 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jul 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month40 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthTITAN 3D R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1978-060
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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