CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0221
MAGSAT
MAGSAT (NORAD 11604) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 June 1980, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11604
International designator
1979-094A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Oct 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jun 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months225 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.3°N to 83.3°SFinal inclination 96.7°
Mass
181 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
APL
Bus
SAS
Programme
Explorer AEM
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 96.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.3°N and 83.3°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsMAGSAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Jun 1980
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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