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Entry no.
1979-0444
OPS 3854
OPS 3854 (NORAD 11305) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 22 September 1979, after 6 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
11305
International designator
1979-025A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
16 Mar 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Sep 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months190 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
83.8°N to 83.8°SFinal inclination 96.2°
Mass
8,211 kg
Operator
NRO / SAFSP
Built by
LMSC
Bus
KH-9
Programme
Hex III
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 96.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.8°N and 83.8°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsOPS 3854’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1979-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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