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Entry no.
1979-0045
OPS 5705
OPS 5705 (NORAD 9627) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 28 January 1979, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
9627
International designator
1976-125A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Dec 1976Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Jan 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month770 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 96.9°
Mass
8,556 kg
Operator
NRO / CIA
Built by
TRW
Bus
KH-11
Programme
KH-11
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 96.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 1 monthOPS 5705’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Jan 1979
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-125
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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