CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0283
OV1-12
OV1-12 (NORAD 2901) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 July 1980, after 12 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2901
International designator
1967-072D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
27 Jul 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jul 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 11 months4,744 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.4°N to 78.4°SFinal inclination 101.6°
Mass
141 kg
Operator
USAF OAR
Built by
GD/Convair
Bus
OV1
Programme
OV1 F
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 101.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.4°N and 78.4°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 11 monthsOV1-12’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Jul 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1967-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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