CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0406
WIKA (DIAL)
WIKA (DIAL) (NORAD 4344) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 October 1978, after 8 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4344
International designator
1970-017A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
10 Mar 1970Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Oct 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 6 months3,131 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
63 kg
Operator
BMBW / CNES
Built by
MBB Munchen
Bus
WIKA
Programme
GRS
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
8 years, 6 monthsWIKA (DIAL)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Oct 1978
1 entryFrom the same launch
1970-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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